Remarriage And Divorce

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.

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

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.

`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 →

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;

`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.'

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →

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;

`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.

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

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

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 →

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

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 →

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

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

And He did not make one <FI>only<Fi> , And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what <FI>is<Fi> the one <FI>alone<Fi> ! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

`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 →

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

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

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.

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 →

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

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

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.

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 →

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

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

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

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;

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 →

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

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 →

Plead ye with your mother--plead, (For she <FI>is<Fi> not My wife, and I <FI>am<Fi> not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,

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.

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

`Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it <FI>is<Fi> before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--an inheritance.

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'