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(A) I say if your wife has not committed some terrible sexual sin,[a] you must not divorce her to marry someone else. If you do, you are unfaithful.”

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  1. 19.9 some terrible sexual sin: See the note at 5.32.

11 (A) He told them, “A man who divorces his wife and marries someone else is unfaithful to his wife.

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12 A woman who divorces her husband[a] and marries again is also unfaithful.”

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  1. 10.12 A woman who divorces her husband: Roman law let a woman divorce her husband, but Jewish law did not let a woman do this.

18 (A) It is a terrible sin[a] for a man to divorce his wife and marry another woman. It is also a terrible sin for a man to marry a divorced woman.

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  1. 16.18 a terrible sin: The Greek text uses a word that means the sin of being unfaithful in marriage.

10 (A) I instruct married couples to stay together, and this is exactly what the Lord himself taught. A wife who leaves her husband

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11 should either stay single or go back to her husband. And a husband should not leave his wife.

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