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Yes I realize some situations are worse than others, but what Paul is talking about is depicting a woman who was forbidden by God from leaving her husband, and went ahead and did it anyway. God would not be forbidding her from leaving him had he committed adultery, so her leaving him was without...

Paul at the beginning of 1 Corinthians said who was addressing his letter to: 1) "Unto the church of God at Corinth...2) To them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus...3) to them that are called to be saints...4) with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both...

It would seem to me that if he is dealing with divorce or separation even for the reasons you brought up it wouldn't change the premise regarding the plain command. When it he says 'This is not me speaking but the Lord, saying 'Let not the wife depart from her husband,' it would apply whether in...

It doesn’t seem to be saying her “former“ husband, when it says “ or be reconciled to her husband. The plain reading would assume she still had a husband she could be reconciled to, although was separated from him physically. It would not be accurate to say the term ‘former husband”...

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Hello- I had a question regarding how to understand 1 Cor. 7:11. The problem is whether to understand the word 'depart' to mean 'divorce' or does it just mean physically leave. I really don't think it means divorce, however either way you look at it is seems there is a built in contradiction...