18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
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And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. …
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: …
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: …
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-18)We mistake if we imagine that the design of Christ’s doctrine and holy religion was either to amuse us with notions of divine mysteries or to entertain us with notions of divine mercies. No, the divine revelation of both these in the gospel is intended to engage and quicken us to the practice of Christian duties, and, as much as any one thing, to the duty of beneficence and doing good to those who…
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