Sure, but the Old Testament has a lot of things outside of the old covenant. God instituted marriage long before the old covenant existed. Marriage is independent of the old covenant and isn't affected by the old covenant not applying to us.
That might apply if we are trying to apply old covenant law to us today. But, as already pointed out, what I quoted is not from the old covenant. In the New Testament we read that the old covenant is done away with. Not once do we find a statement that the Old Testament is done away with.
Where do we see anything about this supposed "spirit of the Old Testament" being done away with? And, again, don't confuse the Old Testament with the old covenant.
We're not talking about "the Law". God's institution of marriage was given centuries before the Mosaic Law. Once again, it seems like you are unable to distinguish the old covenant from the Old Testament.
Yeah, once again, you confuse the Old Testament and old covenant. Repeat this until it sinks in: "Old Testament" and "old covenant" are NOT interchangeable terms. Until you understand this simple, easy, basic fact, there's no point in continuing this discussion.
You've already seen the answer to that. I explained it here:
