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That doesn’t even make sense Ginger darling.
Actually no, I don’t know all of the circumstances women in those days were left with (I’d assume they came from large families though) but it still doesn’t take away the truth of the indissolubility of marriage just because someone ‘may’ hit hard times without a hubby. Christ tells us under no circumstances a marriage is to be dissolved yet here you are, attempting to find yet another way, other than your adultery reason, for one to divorce his/her spouse.
And nowhere in that verse does it say she is ok to remarry. Nowhere!! As a matter of fact, just before this, Paul is talking about how it really is a Marriage and tells the believer NOT to leave the unbeliever.
Here we have Him telling us how legit the marriage is where God joined both together, then all it takes is for the unbeliever to leave and poof it’s dissolved. Talk about diminishing the special bond between a husband and wife down to nothing.
This is from a protestant website dealing exactly with that verse of yours.He makes complete sense too I might add.
1Corinthians 7:15
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; else were your children unclean, but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases; but God hath called us to peace.
It is here some people in their exposition of Scripture have tried to teach that “not under bondage” means that you are no longer married. However, the word *bondage *is not the same as the word *bound. *The word *bound *means tied together, but the word *bondage *means servitude. In Romans 7:1-3 and I Corinthians 7:39, the wife is bound. The word *bound *translates a different word than the word bondage in verse fifteen. So we learn that bondage is servitude, and he is saying that if the unbelieving husband or wife departs from their believing husband or wife, the believer is not under bondage-meaning they are no longer obligated to serve the needs of their estranged spouse. When they are determined to vacate that department of life and leave their spouse and go out from that relationship, he is saying that the Christian that has stayed home is no longer obligated to serve the needs of the spouse that is determined to get away from him or her. Such is very clear, and no Scripture ever violates or contradicts another. And if we have learned that a wife is bound by the law to her husband as long as he liveth twice over (Romans 7:2,3 and I Corinthians 7:39), then that tells us very clearly that the Bible teaches the permanence of marriage. To see that the word “bondage” in verse fifteen means servitude, look at the seven other places that the Holy Spirit uses that Greek word to prove its meaning. It is in clear contrast to the Greek word rendered “bound”. (See the following seven passages: Acts 7:6, Romans 6:18,22, I Corinthians 9:19, Galatians 4:3, Titus 2:3, and II Peter 2:19.)
Yes and notice the letters put in bold red. As in the beginning, it was never meant to be like that. God’s Truth doesn’t change.