Remarriage is Adultery
Matthew 19:7-9
7They said to him,(A) “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” 8He said to them, “Because of your(B) hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9(C) And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”[a]
Romans 7:1-3
1Or do you not know, brothers[a]—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2For(A) a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.[b] 3Accordingly,(B) she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.
Matthew 5:32
32(A) But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and(B) whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
November 24, 2008 at 5:43 am
Leslie McFall has an interesting way to deal with the so-called exception clause in Matthew 19:9 that appears to allow for divorce and remarriage for marriage unfaithfulness.
He has written a 43 page paper that reviews the changes in the Greek made by Erasmus that effect the way Matthew 19:9 has been translated. I reviewed McFall’s paper at Except For Fornication Clause of Matthew 19:9. I would love to hear some feedback on this position.
I also have some other conservative resources on Divorce and Remarriage on my site.
November 29, 2008 at 12:25 am
I am at a slightly busy time right now but I will get back to you within the next couple of days Lord willing. Thanks for your comment and I will certainly look at your blog. Thanks again.
January 18, 2009 at 7:55 pm
I did read the article. I will have to digest what I have read here and will have to research it further. Thank you!