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Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Matthew 5:32

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Browse this work.

Matthew5:32

32. But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery--that is, drives her into it in case she marries again.

and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced--for anything short of conjugal infidelity.

committeth adultery--for if the commandment is broken by the one party, it must be by the other also. But see on Mt 19:4-9. Whether the innocent party, after a just divorce, may lawfully marry again, is not treated of here. The Church of Rome says, No; but the Greek and Protestant Churches allow it.

Same Subject Illustrated from the Third Commandment (Mt 5:33-37).

Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew 5:32. Public domain.

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