DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE - PART 5 (1 Corinthians 7:10-11)
"Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband."
What Paul writes to these believers was already made clear by Jesus during His earthly ministry (Matthew 5:31-32, 19:5-8). The word "depart" is used as a synonym for divorce. Apparently, some Christians felt they should divorce their unsaved spouses, to live celibately or marry believers.
If a Christian divorces another Christian, except for adultery, neither partner is free to marry another person. They should reconcile or at least remain unmarried.
"Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband."
What Paul writes to these believers was already made clear by Jesus during His earthly ministry (Matthew 5:31-32, 19:5-8). The word "depart" is used as a synonym for divorce. Apparently, some Christians felt they should divorce their unsaved spouses, to live celibately or marry believers.
If a Christian divorces another Christian, except for adultery, neither partner is free to marry another person. They should reconcile or at least remain unmarried.
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