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divorce - what the bible says
how
long is marriage supposed to last?
Romans
7:2, NIV.
"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." Christ recognizes
only one valid ground for divorce. Matthew 5:32, NIV. "But I tell
you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness,
causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced
woman commits adultery."
God
is displeased with people who divorce faithful spouses.Malachi
2:14-16, TLB.
"Why has God abandoned us?" you cry.
I'll tell you why; it is because the Lord has seen your treachery
in divorcing your wives who have been faithful to you through the
years, the companions you promised to care for and keep. You were
united to your wife by the Lord. In God's wise plan, when you married,
the two of you became one person in His sight. And what does He
want? Godly children from your union. Therefore guard your passions!
Keep faith with the wife of your youth. For the Lord, the God of
Israel, says He hates divorce and cruel men. let there be no divorcing
of your wives."
Being
married to an unbelieving mate is not an acceptable reason for divorce.I
Corinthians 7:12-14, TLB.
"If a Christian has a wife who is not
a Christian, but she wants to stay with him anyway, he must not
leave her or divorce her. And if a Christian woman has a husband
who isn't a Christian, and he wants her to stay with him, she must
not leave him. For perhaps the husband who isn't a Christian may
become a Christian with the help of his Christian wife. And the
wife who isn't a Christian may become a Christian with the help
of her Christian husband. Otherwise, if the family separates, the
children might never come to know the Lord; whereas a united family
may, in God's plan, result in the children's salvation."
If
a spouse leaves a marriage for a reason other than adultery they
must remain single. I Corinthians
7:10-11, TLB.
"Now, for those who are married I have
a command, not just a suggestion. And it is not a command from me,
for this is what the Lord Himself has said: A wife must not leave
her husband. But if she is separated from him, let her remain single
or else go back to him. And the husband must not divorce his wife."
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