Divorce

31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:31 Deut. 24:1

32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.(A)

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I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”(A)

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11 He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.(A)

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For example, 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 that binds her to him.(A)

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So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress.(A) But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

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10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.(A)

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11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.(A) And a husband must not divorce his wife.

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