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7:12-14), but if the unbeliever leaves, the believer is not bound in such circumstances (1 Corinthians 7:15 NIV). What does the phrase not bound mean Does it mean that the believer is not bound to remain together with the unbeliever, so a separation (not a divorce) may occur Does it mean that the believer is not bound to remain married, so a divorce may occur On the following website, Lehman Strauss writes about the permanency of marriage (seethe end of the article) and argues that 1 Corinthians 7:15 does not give the believer freedom to remarry.
http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=1287 In contrast to the position taken by Lehman Straus, the organization of 1
Corinthians 7 may suggest that divorce and remarriage is allowed when a believer is deserted by an unbeliever. It is interesting that Paul identifies three groups of people in 1 Corinthians 7:8,10,12-13. First, there are the unmarried believers) and widows (believers second, the married (both partners believers and third, the rest (one partner is a believer and one partner is not a believer. Among the second group--married believers--Paul does not allow divorce and remarriage. Inverse, Paul writes that if a believing woman departs from her husband, she is to remain unmarried But among the third group—only one partner is a believer—Paul writes that if the unbeliever leaves, the believer is not bound. Paul doesn’t then say that the believer in this third group is to remain unmarried Comparing the second and third groups suggests that believers must not divorce and remarry, but if an unbelieving partner leaves a believer, the believer maybe free to remarry. New Testament scripture that directly addresses marriage and divorce provides one exception that clearly allows divorce—when a spouse commits porneia. But it is not clear exactly what porneia means. A second exception might exist in the case of a believing partner being abandoned by an unbelieving partner. Page 11 of PASTORAL MINISTRY - Assignments fora Pastor
1/7/2012
http://test.missionstraining.org/PastoralMinistry/Assignments.html

Old Testament scripture allowed divorce, but only because of the hardness of hearts of people (Deuteronomy 24:1-4; Matthew 19:8). Jesus said that God intended from the beginning that marriages remain intact (Matthew 19:3-9). God hates divorce (Malachi 2:13-16). To divorce and remarry another person is to commit adultery, except in the case of (1) porneia or possibly (2) in the case of a believer being deserted by an unbeliever. But does this mean that the adulterer cannot be forgiven I believe that the adulterer can be forgiven of this sin, just like he or she is forgiven of other sins. Consider some scripture concerning forgiveness

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins maybe wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord (Acts 3:19 NIV). He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us (Psalm 103:10-12

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