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Divorce And Marriage
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Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” — read the full passage →
but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”
They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?” — read the full passage →
When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. — read the full passage →
Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →
When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. — read the full passage →
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →
So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.
Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’ — read the full passage →
“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. — read the full passage →
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” — read the full passage →
He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
“But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.
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