Except, the adulterer would be stoned to death if we still lived under Mosaic law. The innocent party would be widowed. I mentioned this before, but it was overlooked by everyone here, except one.When a man joins himself to a bride, they are together until death ends their marriage.
Haven't read through this whole thread, but I don't understand how these verses can be ignored by those who say any remarriage is wrong.
Matt.5
[32] But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matt.19
[9] And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
[10] His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
1Cor.7
[14] For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
[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.
It is interesting, if not amusing, how a person can be so dogmatic about some things until it hits home. When one becomes the "victim" of an adulterous mate, when one's heart is demolished from seeing one's life partner in an intimate embrace with another, when a member of one's family becomes the innocent party of a mate who ran away with a new "lust," when the counselor becomes the counselee, perspective does change. For all those who are so sure it can never happen to you and you would never marry again, beware.
Unfaithfulness can and does happen even to those who think they have a rock solid marriage. The one being cheated on is sometimes the last to know. The one so full of pride thinking..."I would never...." usually eats those words somewhere down the line.