Marriage and Family · Foundational
Divorce and Remarriage
God designed marriage for life and hates the treachery of divorce, yet Scripture names sexual unfaithfulness and the departure of an unbeliever as cases that free the faithful spouse, and the same grace that saves every sinner meets the divorced.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
1
What Jesus taught when He took the question of divorce back to the beginning
2
What 1 Corinthians 7 tells believers married to believers and to unbelievers
3
The two cases in which Scripture frees a spouse, and what it says about remarriage
4
How faithful Christians have read these passages differently
5
How to care for those hurt by divorce, and why it is not the unpardonable sin
Lessons in this topic
01What Does the Bible Say About Divorce?Plus7 min02How Should a Christian Choose a Spouse?PlusRelated lesson6 min03Where Is God When the Home Hurts?PlusRelated lesson7 min04How Does a Pastor Lead Weddings and Funerals?PlusRelated lesson7 min
Key passages
Genesis 2:24Deuteronomy 24:1–4Jeremiah 3:8Malachi 2:14–16Matthew 1:19Matthew 5:28Matthew 5:31–32Matthew 19:3–9Mark 10:11–12Luke 16:18John 4:18Romans 7:2–31 Corinthians 7:10–161 Corinthians 7:392 Corinthians 5:17Ephesians 1:7Colossians 3:191 John 1:9Hebrews 13:5Psalm 34:18Matthew 18:15–17Matthew 27:46