Remarriage of divorced, where adultery doesn't occur until after the divorce?
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For convenience, assume that this also applies with the male/female roles reversed:
> But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.
— [Matthew 5:32](https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/mat/5/32/s_934032)
How would those denominations that forbid remarriage under these circumstances consider the following situation:
- A chaste (sex only within marriage) couple divorces.
- The one that forced the divorce marries someone else (thereby committing adultery).
- Later, the other wants to marry someone.
Would the second person's re-marriage be allowed, as technically the divorced spouse *has* committed adultery.
Asked by Ray Butterworth
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Jul 7, 2022, 03:17 PM
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