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I think these scriptures are referring to neglecting our wives who we have covenanted with. I think it’s unfortunately common for a lot of men to have unrealistic expectations and when they are not 100% satisfied they divorce and marry another woman. This is the adultery spoken of. This can definitely end a beautiful marriage. We are to love our wives as Christ loved the church. We are to give our all to them. We are to be one with our wives.

I also believe pride, selfishness and lustful desires can lead to an ended marriage.

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

1 Corinthians 11:11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

Matthew 19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
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Biblical Marriage 2y ago

"they divorce and marry another woman. This is the adultery spoken of. This can definitely end a beautiful marriage."

Which part ends a marriage? Why is marrying another after divorce adultery?

"pride, selfishness and lustful desires can lead to an ended marriage."

These fall under hardness of heart. How do they end a marriage practically?

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516add19... 2y ago

I meant not that it is adultery to divorce and marry another woman but that neglecting our wives to the point of divorce may be compared to adultery in a way. Like how lusting after another woman is committing adultery in our hearts.

Matthew 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

As for hardness of heart. We need to have a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

Isaiah 57:15 ​For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth ​​​eternity​, whose name ​is​ ​​​Holy​; I dwell in the high and holy ​place,​ with him also ​that is​ of a ​​​contrite​ and ​​​humble​ spirit, to ​​​revive​ the spirit of the ​​​humble​, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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Biblical Marriage 2y ago

Christ isn't taking about literal adultery here, but rather talking about a heart issue? Kind of like comparing angry without cause to murder?

Matthew 5:21-22: "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."

Why then is the wife bound as long as her husband lives? Why would she be called an adulterer of she marries another?

1 Corinthians 7:39: "The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord."

Romans 7:2-3: "For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man."