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2 Corinthians 6:14New International Version (NIV)

Warning Against Idolatry

14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

1 Corinthians 13:4-13

Here is an example of what love looks like.  Remember, God is love.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues,they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Reasons for divorce

From what I have read, there are only 3 reasons that give us permission to find another spouse.  The most severe one is death of a spouse.  Of course in this instance, you no longer have a spouse, so you are allowed to find another one.

The second reason that we find in the bible that we are allowed to find another spouse is if  a spouse commits adultery.
Matthew 19:6-9
8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

The third reason for a divorce that is acceptable to God that we read about is if you are married to an unbelieving spouse and that spouse decides to leave.

1 Corinthians 7:10-13New International Version (NIV)

10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.And a husband must not divorce his wife.

12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

What does Jesus say about marriage?

Genesis 2:18
"It is not good for man to be alone"

Matthew 19:4-6

Jesus answered, " Have you not heard that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

Malachi 2:16

16 “The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the LORD, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,” says the LORD Almighty. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.

God's promises for marriage that you can speak over your life

Marriage is a very personal thing.  It's no bed of roses. Marriage can be a lot of work and it involves a great deal of compromises.  Even if you thoroughly investigate the person's family and their social, physical, health and emotional relationships and history, you will still have to work at it .  The most important thing to remember is what the Lord tells us about love in "The Love Chapter" 2 Corinthians 13 and in Ephesians 5:25-27.  Follow those rules and you're off to a good start.  Don't take anything for granted.  Ask questions.  Get to know the person.  Stay in prayer. Remember, light has no relationship with darkness, so don't make excuses for an unsaved partner.  In the end, those differences will create problems.

Here are some scriptures that you can use as you pray.  Remind God what He has said and pray the ones over your life that are appropriate for you.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. 

- Proverbs 18:22

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: (It helps to know HIs will)

- 1 John 5:14

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 

- Genesis 2:18

Ephesians 5:31For we are members of His body. 31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:24-31

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 

26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 

27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 

28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 

29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—

30 for we are members of his body. 

31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

I use this scripture when I pray for couples.  Remember, the Word of God is quick and powerful.  It is a living Word.  It works to pray His word on your life.

Philippians 2:2-4New International Version (NIV)

2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

** I'll add more scriptures later.  Be blessed!

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