Topic

Can A Pastor Divorce And Remarry

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Matthew 19:9

`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

1 Timothy 3:2

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

Luke 16:18

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:10–11

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

Titus 1:6

if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate--

1 Timothy 3:12

Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

Matthew 5:32

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;

Malachi 2:16

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

1 Corinthians 7:15

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

Matthew 5:31–32

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

Mark 10:11–12

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:4–6

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

Hebrews 13:4

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

1 Corinthians 7:10–16

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 7:10–15

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 7:27–28

Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. — read the full passage →

Romans 7:2–3

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband; — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:3–9

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

Mark 10:2–12

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, — read the full passage →

Romans 7:2

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

Matthew 19:6

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

Malachi 2:14–16

And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:22–33

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 9:5

have we not authority a sister--a wife--to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Mark 10:9

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

1 Corinthians 7:12–16

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 3:8

And I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication--she also.

1 Peter 5:2–3

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:25–33

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

Mark 10:1–12

And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them. — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:3–12

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

Revelation 1:1

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

John 3:16–17

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:8

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

Philippians 4:13–14

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me; — read the full passage →

Philippians 4:13

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

1 Corinthians 7:12

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

1 Corinthians 7:11

but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

1 Corinthians 7:10

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:

Acts 2:38

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Jeremiah 17:16

And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou--Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,

Genesis 2:24

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

1 Timothy 5:9

A widow--let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

1 Timothy 4:1–3

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 3:5

(and if any one his own house <FI>how<Fi> to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

Matthew 19:12

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive <FI> it<Fi> --let him receive.'

Matthew 19:3–6

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:3

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

Deuteronomy 24:1–4

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house, — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 3:1–16

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 7:27

Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

1 Corinthians 7:2

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

Mark 10:2

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

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