A Second Putting Away Study

A Second “Putting Away” Study

There Are Only Two Classes of People
Who May Lawfully Remarry “Another”

1) Those who have lawfully put away their mate:

Matthew 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.”

2) Those whose mate has died:

Romans 7:3, “So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.”

The put away person falls into neither of these categories:

The woman’s “husband” has not died.
The woman did not divorce her husband for fornication (instead, he divorced her).

Matthew 19:3-9, “The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? 8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. 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” (emp. jhb).

Is Putting Away anything more than Sundering the Marriage (Note: Matthew 19:3, 6, 9)?

Cp. w. I Corinthians 7:10-11, “And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife” (emp. jhb).

Matthew 5:32

Part A: “shall put away” (apoluo)
Part B: “is divorced” (apoluo)

Matthew 19:9

Part A: “shall put away” (apoluo)
Part B: “is put away” (apoluo)

Luke 16:18

Part A: “putteth away” (apoluo)
Part B: “is put away” (apoluo)

It is self-evident that when someone is sent away (et al definitions of apoluo), they cannot send away the person whom they were sent from, unless a reconciliation has occurred first.

Obviously, the definition of apoluo does not encompass God’s binding law (obligation) that He initiates at the time a couple is lawfully united in marriage.

For both those who put away and those who are put away, the only revealed possibilities after an unscriptural divorce are:

1) Adultery (Matthew 19:9; Mark 10:11-12; Luke 16:18).

2) Remaining Unmarried (Matthew 19:12; I Corinthians 7:11).

3) Reconciliation (I Corinthians 7:11).

4) Remarriage to Another After One’s Bound Partner Dies (Romans 7:2-3; I Corinthians 7:39).

Matthew 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.”

Part A

Whosoever

Puts Away – (for fornication) – Remarries Another – No Adultery

Puts Away – (not for fornication) – Remarries Another – Commits Adultery

Part B

Whoso

Is Put Away – Remarries – Commits Adultery

[Includes both categories of put away people described in the first half of this verse]

Those Who May Marry

1) Those who have never been lawfully married (I Corinthians 7:2; Hebrews 13:4).

2) Those whose lawful partners have died (Romans 7:2-3; I Corinthians 7:39).

3) Those who have put away their lawful mate for fornication (Matthew 5:32a; 19:9a).

4) Those who may reconcile with their bound mate after an unlawful divorce (I Corinthians 7:10-11).

Those Who May Not Marry

1) Those who are already married and bound (I Corinthians 7:2; Hebrews 13:4).

2) Those who have unlawfully put away their mate (Matthew 19:9a; Mark 10:11-12; Luke 16:18a).

3) Those who have been put away by their lawful mate for fornication (Matthew 5:32b; 19:9b).

4) Those who have been put away by their lawful mate for any other cause (Matthew 5:32b; 19:9b; Luke 16:18b).

Those who are authorized to put away and remarry another in Matthew 19:9a are obviously not those in Matthew 19:9b who commit adultery whenever they remarry another!

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS vs. WHAT MAN SAYS ABOUT UNLAWFUL DIVORCES & THOSE INVOLVED IN THEM
The Bible Says:	Man Says:
“Let not” man put asunder Mt. 19:6	Man CANNOT put asunder!
When a man puts away his wife, she “is divorced” / “put away” Mt. 5:32; 19:9	She is NOT divorced / put away!
When a wife unlawfully divorces her husband she is “UNmarried” I Cor. 7:11	She is STILL married!
Upon remarriage, the put away “*doth* commit adultery” Mt. 19:9b	In some cases, she doth NOT commit adultery!
Adultery results when the subject of divorce (APOLUO) in Mt. 5:32a; 19:9a and Lk. 16:18a remarries another.	Adultery does NOT necessarily result when subject of divorce in Mt. 5:32a; 19:9a and Lk. 16:18a remarries another.
The unlawfully divorced are to remain “*unmarried* or be *reconciled.” I Cor. 7:11*	It is NOT necessary to “remain unmarried” IF the one who perpetrated the divorce later commits fornication. (Then, the one who remained chaste may employ a subsequent “biblical putting away,” thereby ensuring their right to a “scriptural” remarriage.)
No authorized remarriage to “another,” based upon the state of being PUT AWAY (APOLUO). Mt. 5:32b; 19:9b; Lk. 16:18b	Future remarriage to “another,” is possible based upon the continuing state of being bound (DEO) *after* the divorce (APOLUO)
When a man unscripturally puts away his wife, he causes her to commit adultery upon her subsequent remarriage to another. Mt. 5:32	If, after unlawfully divorcing his wife, a man remarries/commits fornication, and she then employs a post-divorce “biblical” putting away, he does not cause her to commit adultery when she remarries another.

DIVORCE & REMARRIAGE
One Who Puts Away	One Who Is Put Away
Matthew 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.”
Matthew 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.”
Mark 10:11-12
“And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.”
Luke 16:18
“Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery:	and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.”
THE RULE & THE EXCEPTION Whosoever puts away and marries another commits adultery. This is true in every case except one: When the putting away is for fornication!	THE RULE WITHOUT EXCEPTION Whosoever marries one who is put away commits adultery. There is no exception mentioned!

Original chart by Gene Frost, (slightly edited) jhb

I Peter 4:11
“If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God”

Cp. w. Romans 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”

Cp. w. Galatians 1:8-10, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”

Cp. w. II John 9, “Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.”