[Iscool]

I am not taking issue with the translation, only pointing out that there are various translations because the term has not direct English equivalent. In fact, I like this translation. Fornication can only take place before marriage. If our Lord had meant marital infidelity as an exception then he would have called it adultery, as he calls those who remarry after divorce.

But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. (Matt. 5:32)

I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery. (Matt. 19:9)

Well, one thing is for certain...You Catholics will pervert any and every scripture to make it line up with your false teaching...

Here's what the scripture really says...

Mat 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Mat 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

[Petrosius]

“Porneia” is a difficult word to translate into English. “Unlawful marriage”, as in the New American Bible, and “fornication”, as in the Douay-Rhiems Bible, are both legitimate translations. But I will go with “fornication” if you wish. With this translation everything I said in post 26 still holds. Fornication can only describe sexual relations before marriage and can thus here only apply to the relationship of those divorcing, not to infidelity after marriage as a justification for divorce.