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Remarrying An Ex Spouse
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But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →
Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.
but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.
For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband. — read the full passage →
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah.
And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →
and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.
(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins. — read the full passage →
And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him. — read the full passage →
It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: — read the full passage →
For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? — read the full passage →
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her: — read the full passage →
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →
And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand. — read the full passage →
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.
And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him.
But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.
Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches. — read the full passage →
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife.
But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →
Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; — read the full passage →
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.
And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →
And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.
Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.
And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan;
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →
Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.
Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the borders of Judæa and beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. — read the full passage →
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so. — read the full passage →
Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.
If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. — read the full passage →
and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →
Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →
And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch. — read the full passage →
that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.
And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. — read the full passage →
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.