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NASB | 1 Corinthians 7:39 ¶ A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 7:39 ¶ A wife is bound [to her husband by law] as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only [provided that he too is] in the Lord. |
Bible Question: Is either husband or wife free to date another person while they are separated? Would this be adultrey? Does God allow divorce when you marry a controller, who is abusive, verbally, physically, mentally and doesn't want to leave you anything when he dies but wants you to leave him a car, lifetime estate to the house, and money to take care of it. His whole marriage proposal was about what I would give him and he said he had nothing to give me but that he was giving me himself. Well I was also giving him myself. He had a 12 year old and has led a real bad life and I was wife #4. I was married 39 years and my husband died. |
Bible Answer: When I read this question, I couldn't help but wonder if there were other more important questions that you should be asking. It sounds like you are in a very difficult situation, but it also sounds like you knew that when you entered it. The question is why? Why would you say yes to a proposal that was only "about what you could give him"? Why would you be "wife #4" to a person who had led a "real bad life"? Why is a marriage falling apart, yet everything is presented as his fault alone. Why is there a 12 year old child who will be drastically impacted by the decisions you make, and yet virtually nothing is mentioned about them. It seems like there are root problems here that need to be resolved. I would like to understand where you are comming from better, but perhaps the best answer would be to spend some significant time talking to the pastor of your home church. If these root issues are not addressed and resolved, then moving on to date someone else (before or after the divorce) will likely just lead to more pain and sufferring. |