[af_vet_1981]

Christ said there was only one legitimate reason for divorce - adultery.

That is false, and qualifies at eisegesis. The fact is the word for "adultery" was not used in the passages as an exception for, but only as the result of, divorce and remarriage in Matthew's Gospel (it is porneia).

The facts are both Mark and Luke left that exception out entirely while publishing the teaching that divorce and remarriage constitutes adultery.

If one takes the broad way and wide gate, allowing divorce and remarriage for all forms of porneia, then a spouse surfing the Internet for porn, watching porn on cable, practicing any sexual immorality whatsoever, would be grounds for divorce to enable the spouse to remarry. In fact, lusting after anyone with one's eyes would be the excuse for the broad path and wide gate, leading to the similar question the Messiah was asked about divorce in the first place.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“The fact is the word for “adultery” was not used in the passages as an exception for, but only as the result of, divorce and remarriage in Matthew’s Gospel (it is porneia).”

“Matthew 19:9 (TCENB): porneia is a broad term that covers many different sexual sins that lie outside God’s will. This conclusion rests on the meaning of the word. These sexual sins, fornication, would include homosexuality, bestiality, premarital sex, incest, adultery, and perhaps others.”

-TCC

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