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NASB | 2 Corinthians 12:8 Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 12:8 Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me; |
Subject: What do you disagree about divorce? |
Bible Note: Searcher, when you say that "the adulterous spouse wants to have both the marriage and the affair" you are, to my mind, making too broad an assumption. It begs the question, Why, if the adulterous spouse loved his mate the way he should, would he fool around with someone else? If the adulterer respected his spouse and viewed his marriage as the holy thing it is, and if he sincerely wanted to preserve and protect it, does it make sense for him to jeopardize it by carrying on an adulterous affair? It stands to reason that a person who lives in adultery does not prize his marriage very much. A married man or woman who claims to prize marriage and love the spouse while at the same time engaging in an adulterous relationship is lying to others and deceiving himself. He doesn't know, or doesn't care, what marriage really is. --Hank |