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Romans 7:3

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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.

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So if a woman gets married to someone else while her husband is still alive, that's adultery. But if her husband dies, she's totally free from that marriage law — she can marry whoever she wants and it's not adultery anymore.

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Death ends the marriage contract, so you're free to start fresh.

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And he tells them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else is cheating on her.'

Anyone who divorces their spouse and marries someone else is cheating on their marriage commitment. And if you marry someone who was divorced, you're part of that broken promise too.

I'm telling you straight up — if you divorce your wife for any reason other than cheating and then marry someone else, you're committing adultery. And if you marry someone who got divorced for other reasons, you're doing the same thing.

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