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‘Her which is put away’ points to the fact the woman was put away for sexual immorality.

Some Pharisees asked Jesus ”Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” What was His response? ”And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” So, if someone divorces his wife, and does so based SOLELY on the fact she was unfaithful to him, then he has not committed adultery. She was the one who committed adultery. He has every right to put her away.

Apostle Paul reiterated this when he wrote ”But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they holy. Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases,[1 Cor. 7:12-15a]

Reconciliation, in my opinion, should always be sought. However, the offended party, in the case of sexual infidelity, has a biblical right to divorce and remarry.

 

So, if your wife cheats on you, you should be punished, too?

 

But in 1 Cor. 7:15, Paul says that if the unbelieving person leaves, let them leave. That Brother or Sister is not under bondage in such cases. If one is not under bondage, they’re free.

You can’t make someone stay just like you can’t make someone remain faithful.

 

And that’s good for her. But you can’t put every person under the same blanket statement.

Look, I am all for adulterous marriages being reconciled. But many won’t seek reconciliation. Why punish both for the sin of one?

I’ll use this as an example. Say your wife is a raging alcoholic. The police pull you over and arrest you for drunk driving. You tell them you haven’t dropped a drink ( ) in 20 years. They tell you it doesn’t matter, your wife is an alcoholic, so they take you to jail due to her drunkenness. You are putting both innocent and guilty ppl under the same punishment.

 

I am talking about the faithful spouse. If someone cheats, they sinned, not the faithful spouse. Jesus plainly stated “except for sexual immorality”. How is that hard to grasp?

 

Well, I am bowing out. Nothing further to be gained here. Have blessed day, Brother Dave.

 

Not affecting our relationship, but our fellowship, and yes, there is a sin unto death even Christians can do....

 

Same here. We are just doing debate ping pong.

 

The one who did not commit the unfaithfulness has NO restrictions placed upon them from the Lord, as their partner violated the covenant.

 

You are not taking into consideration what Paul has already stated:


1 Corinthians 7:39
King James Version (KJV)

39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.


This speaks of normal circumstances, this...


1 Corinthians 7:15
King James Version (KJV)

15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.


He has made it clear a brother (husband) or sister (wife) is not bound in such a case as having an unbelieving spouse who wishes to leave the marriage.

We create much confusion in Paul's teaching by ignoring what he has said:


1 Corinthians 7
King James Version (KJV)


2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.


8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I.

9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.


If a woman, through no fault of her own, has a husband who is not a believer who wishes to leave the marriage, and, we ignore what Paul has said in such a case, then the believing spouse who let's the unbelieving spouse leaves is then left to the likelihood of sin against God.

In such a case, they are not bound. They are not under bondage.


God bless.