Divorcing An Unbeliever
7 passages
- 1 Corinthians 7:15
But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
Read it in context - 2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Read it in context - Matthew 19:6
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Read it in context - Malachi 2:16
“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
Read it in context - Matthew 5:31–32
31It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Read it in context - Matthew 19:9
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
Read it in context - 1 Corinthians 7:10
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
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