First, many
Christians believe that divorce is never allowable, and therefore that
remarriage is always wrong while the first spouse is still alive (Romans
7:2-3). They note that the words Jesus in Mark 10:11-12 do not include the
phrase except for marital
unfaithfulness. These Christians believe that those who remarry are
committing adultery because they are still married in God’s Eyes to their previous spouse. They believe
that divorcing ones’ wife causes her to either commit actual adultery or to get married
again, which in their view is equal to adultery (Matthew 5:32). This Christians
also point to Paul’s words in Romans 7:3, where a woman who marries another while her
husband is still alive is called an adulteress. Paul also said that those who
divorce their spouses must remain
unmarried or else be reconciled to each other (1 Corinthians 7:11).
Therefore, according to this interpretation, a person who is divorced is never
allowed to get married again while the first spouse is still alive.
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