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NASB | 1 Corinthians 7:15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 7:15 But if the unbelieving partner leaves, let him leave. In such cases the [remaining] brother or sister is not [spiritually or morally] bound. But God has called us to peace. |
Bible Question:
I'm still a little confused, if you look at I Cor7:27 "Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed (divorce in NIV, released in NASB). Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife." But look at vs 28, I think this is the key: "But and if THOU" (who is the "thou" why it's the person who is divorced.) Lets finish the vs, "But and if thou marry, thou HAST NOT SINNED;" Why do I think the "thou" is the divorced person, look at the rest of the vs, it talks about a virgin marrying. We all know that it's not a sin for a "First" time marriage. The verses are specifying only a person who has lost a loved one, or an adulterous spouse, it seems to include those who has any of the "biblical divorce". Also food for thought, Marriage I believe is NOT the ceremony. It's the coming together, yes that is sex. Adam and eve became "one flesh" when they came together in a sexual union. cf I Cor. 6:16. We break the "one flesh" if we commit "fornication" Gk word "Pornie" i.e any sexual immorality. (see Matt.19) I just can't see God not allowing divorce and remarriage. I know He hates divorce (Mal.2:16), but He knows the "hardness of our hearts", and I believe has "called us to peace" (I Cor.7:15b) A God, a WONDERFUL GOD of second chances. Praise the name of Jesus. I'm not saying God wants and allows people to divorce just to remarry another pretty girl, or because their wife has bad morning breath. But it just seems as if The Son of God, when He allows divorce for sexual immorality (Matt.19:9), unbelieving spouse (I Cor.7:15), death (Rom.7:1-3) and if anything happen before salvation. (II Cor. 5:17) allows remarraige too. Am I way off track? Love in Christ Jackson |
Bible Answer: Hi Jackson, I have two observations for your comment, if you care to. 1st you said," Why do I think the "thou" is the divorced person, look at the rest of the vs, it talks about a virgin marrying. We all know that it's not a sin for a "First" time marriage" My question is that when you look at the last part of that vers it says that if you marry you will have difficulty in the flesh. My take on this concluding statement is that to 'remain unmarried' is to remain 'inactive'. While that could apply to a divorced man, it would more likely apply to a 'virgin male'. Which would take this thou back up to verse 7a 7 "Yet I wish that all men were (5) even as I myself am." Paul said this refering to the fact that he was a eunich. That would mean this verse (28) is simply saying marriage itself is not a sin. The reason this makes sense is that why would ANYONE question the marriage of a virgin as possibly being sin? 1 Corinthians 7:28 But if you do marry, you do not sin [in doing so], and if a virgin marries, she does not sin [in doing so]. Yet those who marry will have physical and earthly troubles, and I would like to spare you that. My second point is that the thou may actually be going back to verse 24 which states, "Brethren, each one is to remain with God in that condition in which he was called." To paraphrase a possibility...Each one should remain with God in the condition he is called, however, if one does marry, they have not sinned. God bless |