The apostle Paul (see 1 Corinthians 7:10-15) classifies the married believers into two categories: those that are forbidden to divorce and those that are not.
| Believers That Are Not Allowed Divorce | Believers That Are Allowed Divorce |
And here is how the classifications works out in the scriptures:
Believers That are Not to Divorce | Believers That are Allowed to Divorce |
1. Christian woman not to depart from her husband. If she does, she is not to view this separation as a divorce and then marry another man. 2.The Christian man married to believing wife is not to divorce her. | Please see 1 Timothy 5:8, which among other passages, supports the underlying assumption that a believer can indeed become an unbeliever. |
1. Christian woman with Non-christian husband - if he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him. 2. Christian man with Non-christian Wife - if she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her. | Christian man or woman married to non-christian -- if the non-christian spouse does not want to continue in the marriage, the Christian is not under enslavement not to divorce the Non-christian spouse. |
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