Wednesday, March 16, 2005

What I read today

1 Cor. 7:12-14
(12)To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord):If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. (13)And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. (14)For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

1 Cor. 7:20
Each one should remain in the situation which he was in when God called him.


But then you go back to verse 15 which says...

1 Cor. 7:15
But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances;God has called us to live in peace.


So then if the believer is not bound in these circumstances are they allowed to remarry? The following scriptures say not.

1 Cor. 7:10-11
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord):A wife must not seperate form her husband.(11)But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled with her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

1 Cor. 7:39
A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.

Romans 7:2-3
For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. (3) So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adultress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man.


So from these scriptures it is saying that unless the one dies you cannot marry again. Is that what you guys understand?

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