California
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.3. . . bill was introduced in California in 1969. The number . . .
Called
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . in such [cases]: for God has called us in peace./Paul also . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.2. . . a new 'no-fault' divorce called 'Any Matter'. This was . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . refused to repent, and he called her 'hard-hearted' (Jer . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . a new no-fault divorce called 'Any Matter', which . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.3. . . any reason except: 'God has called us in peace'. He is . . .
Calvin
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . former spouse. Luther and Calvin even allowed divorce . . .
Capital
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.5. . . not added them./I have used capital letters at the start . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . Jews lost the right to impose capital punishment, which . . .
Care
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.4. . . . I have promised to love and care for others, and I have . . .
Cared
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.4. . . All: Heavenly Father, who has cared for me from my birth, . . .
Caring
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.4. . . , feed and clothe') into more caring terms ('love, nourish . . .
Carlisle
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.4. . . : Hodder & Stoughton, 1984, Carlisle : Paternoster, 1997)/ . . .
Carry
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.7. . . world, because it would not carry similar honour. It was . . .
Case
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.4. . . translated 'except in the case of adultery' or 'except . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.4. . . added words such as 'in the case of' or 'on the grounds . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . need to allow divorce in the case of adultery, because the . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . to be accurate in this case, and that the death . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . because it was, in any case, compulsory in Judaism. . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.5. . . forgive them, even in the case of adultery./5) Marriage . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . married couples. In neither case was there any need to . . .
Cases
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . no longer enslaved in such [cases]: for God has called us . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.4. . . only be ended by divorce in cases of 'hard-heartedness' ( . . .
Catholic
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.2. . . for innocent divorcees./The Catholic Church and many . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.4. . . variety of practices. The Catholic church has recently . . .
Cause
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.4. . . translated as 'for any cause' so that Jesus was asked . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.1. . . Christian should never be the cause of a divorce by breaking . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.1. . . Christian should never be the cause of a divorce by breaking . . .
Caused
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.2. . . the right to remarry), has caused great suffering for a . . .
Causes
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . introduced in The Matrimonial Causes Act 1937, which also . . .
Causing
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.4. . . emphasize the sinfulness of causing divorce by breaking . . .
Cautious
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.2. . . the church been very cautious in attempting a . . .
Cd
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.5. . . texts which they relied on (CD.4.20f; 11QTemple 57.15-19) . . .
Celibate
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.6. . . to be a eunuch - i.e. live a celibate life - whereas . . .
Centuries
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.2. . . of the church for many centuries. However, they are . . .
Century
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.3. . . account, and that any 1st century reader would have . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.5. . . terms. Any Jew in the 1st century would be familiar with . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.5. . . these terms, just as any 21st century person is familiar . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.5. . . . For example, a 1st century Jew might think that a . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.5. . . of a divorcee. As 21st century readers, we are likely . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.5. . . using, in the way that a 1st century reader would have . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . and divorce. However, in 1st century Greek documents, both . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . we must ask how a 1st century reader would . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . Hermas in the middle second century to Augustine in the . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . to Augustine in the fifth century, though a few, such as . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . with death in the 1st century, except occasionally . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . extremely diverse in the 1st century, and unpopular . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.10. . . were implicit for any 1st century reader. We will now . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.10. . . We will now examine how a 1st century reader would have . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Ch.2 How 1st Century Jews Would Have . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Have Understood Jesus: 1st Century Interpretation: To . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.1. . . the worldview of a 1st century Jewish or Graeco-Roman . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.2. . . Debate: Since the mid-19th century, most scholars have . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.2. . . of Pharisees in the early 1st century. The Hillelites . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.7. . . his account, because any 1st century Jewish reader would . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.7. . . in this context for any 1st century Jew./To use a modern . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.8. . . it. Therefore any 1st century Jew would add the . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.9. . . legal debate./By the second century, however, this was far . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.2. . . it was still permitted in 1st century Palestine. Jesus, . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.1. . . which took place in 1st century Palestine. So, in . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.8. . . of Judaism in the 1st century accepted. We will now . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.1. . . Grounds for Divorce in 1st Century Judaism: Before the . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Ch.3 How 1st Century Converts Would Have . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Have Understood Paul: 1st Century Graeco-Roman Culture: . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . end to marriage in the 1st century Graeco-Roman world was . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.2. . . only one meaning for a 1st century reader. Modern . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.2. . . to enforce it. Also, to a 1st century reader, the phrase . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.5. . . who had been deserted, a 1st century reader would therefore . . .
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.7. . . man' is not found in the 1st century Graeco-Roman world, . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Ch.4 Summary Of The 1st Century Interpretation: 1st . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Century Interpretation: 1st century Jewish hearers and . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Ch.5 Applying The 1st Century To The 21st Century . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.1. . . The 1st Century To The 21st Century Church: Marriage vows . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.7. . . become a marriage vow in 1st century Judaism and . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.8. . . basis for divorce in the 1st century./
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . is not easy to apply the 1st century documents to a 21st . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . century documents to a 21st century church./Before we can . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.2. . . we have found that a 1st century reader would have a . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.2. . . community for more than a century./During the history of . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.1. . . through the eyes of a 1st century believer. This '1st . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.1. . . century believer. This '1st century' interpretation . . .
Ceremonies
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.2. . . Latin and early English ceremonies, which became the . . .
Ceremony
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . together without a marriage ceremony. The Jewish 'Any . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.3. . . in the Christian marriage ceremony. The biblical . . .
Certainly
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.4. . . see below), their marriage is certainly over. Once someone's . . .
Certificate
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.2. . . Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce, and to . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.4. . . text which mentions a divorce certificate which they refer . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.6. . . to write out a divorce certificate./ . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.3. . . the main purpose of a divorce certificate was to state this . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.3. . . on a Jewish get or divorce certificate were: 'You are now . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.3. . . rarely bothered to write a certificate. As soon as a . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.3. . . especially apt to a divorce certificate which was . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.3. . . was frequently compared to a certificate of emancipation . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.4. . . compulsory words on a divorce certificate were: 'You are now . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.4. . . a divorcee, because she had a certificate proving this right . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . the purpose of the divorce certificate was to state this . . .
Certificates
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.3. . . on most Graeco-Roman divorce certificates, though they . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.2. . . and Graeco-Roman divorce certificates - 'You are now . . .
Changed
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . out that the situation changed greatly when the Jews . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.10. . . Therefore Matthew has either changed Jesus' teaching, or he . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.4. . . the church./Ephesians has changed the harsh legalistic . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.3. . . whether public morality has changed./Christians are . . .
Changing
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.6. . . Matthew would be dramatically changing the teaching of Jesus . . .
Charles
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . make this very clear./R. H. Charles argued that Jesus . . .
Cheaper
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . also made divorce a much cheaper and easier process. . . .
Cheek
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.3. . . such as 'turn the other cheek' and 'do not ask for . . .
Cherish
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.4. . . terms ('love, nourish and cherish'). Ancient Jewish . . .
Cherishes
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.3. . . [literally 'feeds'] and cherishes it [lit 'keeps warm' . . .
Children
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . the brother: otherwise your children would be unclean; but . . .
Choice
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.4. . . believers, if they have the choice. The Corinthian church . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.2. . . divorced-by-separation had no choice but to remain separate. . . .
Choose
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.9. . . seeking a divorce had to choose a judge who would allow . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.6. . . 2). Jesus said that a man may choose to be a eunuch - i.e. . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . , the other partner could choose to end the contract if . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.4. . . so very few had been able to choose a believer. Therefore . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.3. . . as she wished. She could even choose a husband by herself./ . . .
Chose
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . serving God, which is why he chose to remain single. The . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.4. . . from cultures where parents chose their spouse, so very . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.3. . . for the first time she could chose how to spend her money, . . .
Chosen
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.3. . . because if her spouse had chosen to divorce her, there . . .
Christ
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.2. . . someone who wants to marry Christ but who is still . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.2. . . convert shares the death of Christ, which ends their . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.2. . . Law, and frees them to marry Christ./None of this implies . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.2. . . clothe their wives, just as Christ does:/Eph.5.28f Even . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.3. . . warm', i.e. 'clothes'], as Christ does the church./ . . .
Christian
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.4. . . single younger people from Christian families./ . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.1. . . avoided whenever possible. A Christian should never be the . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Church: Marriage vows in Christian weddings: . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.1. . . wording of the traditional Christian wedding service . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.4. . . language found its way into Christian marriage vows, which . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.7. . . was also part of specifically Christian morality is too . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.8. . . issue to discuss here./Most Christian marriage services . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.2. . . were several instances of Christian remarriages after . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.1. . . . Both emphasized that a Christian should never be the . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.3. . . have been preserved in the Christian marriage ceremony. . . .
Christianity
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.7. . . in 1st century Judaism and Christianity, because this was . . .
Christians
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.1. . . on divorce. He concluded that Christians should not initiate . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.10. . . and succeeding generations of Christians, though it was . . .
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.3. . . Paul would have had to tell Christians to break the law . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.8. . . that virtually all married Christians have vowed before . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.4. . . public morality has changed./Christians are confused. The . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.4. . . within their marriage. Many Christians have concluded that . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.2. . . on a no-fault basis, and some Christians are using this . . .
Church
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . Interpretations: The Church Fathers followed the . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . , with one exception. Later Church Fathers pointed out . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . a former spouse had died. The Church Fathers were virtually . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.2. . . divorcees./The Catholic Church and many Protestant . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . and abandonment. The Orthodox Church decided to let the . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.4. . . of practices. The Catholic church has recently made it . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.3. . . , and that Matthew or the church later added the . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.10. . . therefore lost to the early Church Fathers and succeeding . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.4. . . the choice. The Corinthian church were all first . . .
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.1. . . ?: The Pastorals say that a church leader should be 'a man . . .
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.2. . . in many different ways:/a) a church leader must be married, . . .
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.8. . . are not saying that a church leader had to be . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.2. . . a couple of generations, the Church had lost all knowledge . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Century To The 21st Century Church: Marriage vows in . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.1. . . weddings: Traditional church teaching has only one . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.3. . . ], as Christ does the church./Ephesians has changed . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . documents to a 21st century church./Before we can apply . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.2. . . may wonder what else the church has got wrong. . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.2. . . has got wrong. Therefore the church been very cautious in . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.3. . . ./During the history of the church there have been many . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.1. . . Should the church teach against no-fault . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . easier process. The Anglican Church report Putting Asunder . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.4. . . /Christians are confused. The church teaches against divorce . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.4. . . would be ended if the church taught a practical set . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.1. . . Should the church teach the Old Testament . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.2. . . consistent teaching of the church for many centuries. . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.3. . . when they are divorced./The church should teach all the . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.3. . . within the traditions of the church. The church should . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.3. . . traditions of the church. The church should teach that . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.1. . . Should the church allow remarriage of . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.2. . . a constant problem for the church. Even in the severe . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.2. . . severe climate of the Early Church Fathers, there were . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.4. . . guilty sinners. Therefore the church should stop teaching . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.1. . . Should the church allow remarriage of . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.2. . . sin. Also, if the church decides to remarry only . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.2. . . who breaks their vows./The church lost touch with the . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.2. . . , and the separation of the church and synagogue. The . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.2. . . this because they regard the Church teaching as impractical . . .
Churches
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.2. . . Church and many Protestant churches followed the . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.4. . . could take place./Modern churches follow a wide variety . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.4. . . really be remarriage. Other churches allow the State to . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.4. . . obvious in Scripture. A few churches allow no divorce at . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.2. . . and Shammai debate but the churches have not yet applied . . .
Cigarettes
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.3. . . as we mentally add the word 'cigarettes' to the otherwise . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.3. . . as we mentally add the word 'cigarettes' to the otherwise . . .
Cite
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . case was there any need to cite grounds for a divorce, . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . , just as there is no need to cite grounds in most modern . . .
Cited
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.2. . . account in Sifré (which was cited in the section on 'The . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . example of a divorce which cited these grounds was the . . .
Citizen
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.3. . . it was illegal for a Roman citizen to remain unmarried . . .
Clark
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.2. . . ruined a marriage and Stephen Clark widened Paul's exception . . .
Cleanliness
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Jewish laws about tithing and cleanliness, and it is . . .
Climate
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.2. . . church. Even in the severe climate of the Early Church . . .
Close
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.3. . . longer enslaved'./This was as close as Paul got to stating . . .
Cloth
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.6. . . husband had to provide food, cloth or money, and the woman . . .
Clothe
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . Israel used them to feed and clothe her lovers, the idols, . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.2. . . are told to love, feed and clothe their wives, just as . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.4. . . of Ex.21.10f ('love, feed and clothe') into more caring . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.8. . . congregation to love, feed, clothe and be faithful to . . .
Clothes
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.3. . . it [lit 'keeps warm', i.e. 'clothes'], as Christ does the . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.3. . . it [lit 'keeps warm', i.e. 'clothes'], as Christ does the . . .
Clothing
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.5. . . shall not diminish her food, clothing or love'. This text . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.6. . . to make them into meals and clothing. The neglect of 'food . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.6. . . . The neglect of 'food, clothing or love' were the . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . v.14)./The provision of 'food clothing and love' were terms . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . and he provided food and clothing, but Israel used them . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.2. . . for neglect of 'food, clothing or love'./Jesus was . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . in Ex.21.10f ('food and clothing'). However, he did . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . the exact amount of food and clothing which the man had to . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . about how much food and clothing were required, he . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.6. . . and emotional support ('food, clothing and love'). Although . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . .24.1), and neglect of food, clothing or love (Exod.21.10f) . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . divorce - neglect of food, clothing and love./ . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.1. . . (neglect of 'love, food and clothing'), which were . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.3. . . suffering neglect of 'food, clothing and love', so they . . .
Comfort
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.4. . . me for my sin, and give comfort to those whom I have . . .
Command
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.2. . . to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.3. . . to the otherwise strange command 'Do not smoke'./These . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . 7.10-15: And to the married I command (not I, but the Lord): . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.3. . . imperative, which indicates a command or a plea, i.e. . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.4. . . . The Jews thought that this command made infertility a . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . and procreation was a command so he would not . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.3. . . remarry. As shown above, the command 'let no man separate' . . .
Commanded
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.5. . . The Pharisees said that Moses 'commanded' divorce for . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.5. . . Pharisees said that Moses 'commanded' divorce for . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . because material support was commanded in Ex.21.10f ('food . . .
Commands
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.6. . . multiply' was one of the 613 commands of the Law which . . .
Commentaries
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.2. . . 0s. Since then, virtually all commentaries have mentioned . . .
Commentators
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.1. . . Paul on Remarriage: Some commentators have found a . . .
Commits
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.2. . . ], and marries another, commits adultery."/The two . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.4. . . that a person who mentally commits adultery is guilty of . . .
Committed
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.4. . . wife when she repeatedly committed adultery with the . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.1. . . and anyone who remarried had committed adultery./We should . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . the idols, with whom she also committed adultery (Ezek.16.16 . . .
Committing
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.6. . . they marry another, they are committing adultery"./Matthew . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.4. . . remarried they were actually committing adultery./ . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.1. . . divorced and remarried was committing adultery. Despite . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.2. . . really divorced, so they were committing adultery if they . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.2. . . divorce was technically committing adultery. Paul, on . . .
Common
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . legal system./The most common end to marriage in the . . .
Community
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.2. . . well known in the scholarly community for more than a . . .
Companion
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . as 'treachery against your companion, the bride of your . . .
Compared
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.3. . . which was frequently compared to a certificate of . . .
Complete
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.2. . . in the Use of Sarum, the most complete and influential of . . .
Complex
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . of Rom.7.2 is a rather complex metaphor where divorce . . .
Compound
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.5. . . remarried, they should not compound the wrong by breaking . . .
Compulsory
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . because it was, in any case, compulsory in Judaism. They . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . divorce for adultery was not compulsory outside Judaism. . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . Judaism. However, divorce was compulsory for adultery in . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.5. . . tried to make divorce compulsory after adultery. . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.5. . . was permissible but not compulsory when there was a . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.6. . . adultery./5) Marriage is not compulsory. This teaching in . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.4. . . he said that marriage was not compulsory (see 'Jesus on . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.3. . . to state this right. The only compulsory words on a Jewish . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.4. . . husband by herself./The only compulsory words on a divorce . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . denied that divorce was compulsory for unfaithfulness. . . .
Concept
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.6. . . a partner, so there was no concept of a difference . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . to stop them. There was no concept of separation without . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . modern world, there was no concept of a minimum period of . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . marriage should supplant the concept of 'matrimonial . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.4. . . was 'not a grave sin'./The concept of indissoluble . . .
Concerned
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.5. . . [Deut.24.1]./The dispute concerned the phrase 'a matter . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.2. . . of this text, while Paul is concerned about the reason for . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . a married person should be concerned about the 'things of . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.1. . . on Divorce: Paul was mainly concerned to stop believers . . .
Concerning
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . dismiss his wife. (12) But concerning other matters I say . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.1. . . was answering a question concerning the interpretation . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . large number of other matters concerning marriage and . . .
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.7. . . and funeral orations concerning women who were . . .
Concerns
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . . The context of 1Cor.7.39 concerns the rights of a widow . . .
Conclude
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.8. . . about divorce, one might conclude that the Shammaites . . .
Concluded
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.1. . . teaching on divorce. He concluded that Christians . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.3. . . death. Many interpreters have concluded from this verse (and . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . by an unbeliever. They also concluded that a marriage . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.2. . . Eph.5.32 as 'sacramentum'. He concluded that marriage must . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . of divorce first hand and concluded 'I hate divorce' ( . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.4. . . . Many Christians have concluded that the Bible is . . .
Conclusion
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.2. . . that of a modern reader. This conclusion can be unsettling . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.4. . . need to look again at Jesus' conclusion. It is possible . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.4. . . was. This is similar to his conclusion that a person who . . .
Conclusions
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.1. . . Conclusions: Recent advances . . .
Concubine
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.7. . . , and many also had a live-in concubine./Therefore the . . .
Concur
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.10. . . how Matthew's additions could concur with a 'no-divorce' . . .
Condemned
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.1. . . Strictly speaking, Jesus only condemned the 'Any Matter' . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.7. . . branches of Judaism already condemned these. On the other . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . : It is clear that Jesus condemned the Hillelite 'Any . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.2. . . to the teaching of Jesus who condemned the no-fault divorce . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.5. . . grounds for divorce. Paul condemned the no-fault . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.1. . . . Both Jesus and Paul condemned the no-fault divorce . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.2. . . thought that Jesus condemned all remarriage as . . .
Condemning
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.4. . . so./Therefore Jesus was not condemning 'any divorce' (as . . .
Condition
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.3. . . divorcees only on the condition that they take part . . .
Conducted
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.3. . . for Broken Promises'. I have conducted this as a prayer . . .
Confess
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.3. . . of them is not divorced. We confess together that we have . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.4. . . come to you in repentance. I confess that I have made . . .
Confused
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.4. . . has changed./Christians are confused. The church teaches . . .
Confusion
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.4. . . their morality instead. This confusion would be ended if . . .
Congregation
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.8. . . have vowed before God and the congregation to love, feed, . . .
Conjugal
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . for grounds such as refusing conjugal rights, and . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.2. . . within marriage./1) Conjugal obligations (1Cor.7.3 . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.2. . . .7.3-5). We normally speak of conjugal rights, but Paul . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.2. . . a couple could abstain from conjugal relations on the . . .
Consequences
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.3. . . they have fewer practical consequences for public . . .
Consequently
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.2. . . the Gospel divorce debate and consequently thought that . . .
Consistent
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.2. . . of the text, as well as the consistent teaching of the . . .
Constant
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.2. . . to remarry has been a constant problem for the . . .
Contemporaries
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.1. . . he disagreed with his Jewish contemporaries. He may also . . .
Contemporary
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.1. . . where Jesus disagreed with contemporary Jewish teaching:/ . . .
Content
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, he . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . husband, and he is content to live with her, she . . .
Context
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.7. . . meaning to the term, the context would have to make . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.10. . . have failed to find a context in which the . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.7. . . they were obvious in this context for any 1st century . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.10. . . was Hillelite./The historical context of the Gospel accounts . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.4. . . uses 'hard-hearted' in the context of marriage or divorce . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.5. . . very well into the historical context , because the . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.1. . . need to be reminded about the context of the debate. However . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.2. . . the same words in the same context, to the same group of . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.1. . . may get married. However, the context is ambiguous, and the . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . it does not fit into the context. The context of 1Cor.7 . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . not fit into the context. The context of 1Cor.7.39 concerns . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . naturally not in view and the context of Rom.7.2 is a rather . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.3. . . end by death, because neither context suggests that Paul is . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.7. . . is probably due to the context of Eph.5.28f. . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.2. . . to read it in its cultural context in order to try and . . .
Continue
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.2. . . that marriage should continue if possible, and that . . .
Contract
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . was that marriage was a contract, and the terms of the . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . , and the terms of the contract were the marriage . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . could choose to end the contract if they wished- i.e. . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . companion, the bride of your contract' (v.14)./The . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . were terms in a marriage contract and they were . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . vows implicit in a marriage contract. The Old Testament . . .
Contracts
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . ancient Jewish marriage contracts. One example of a . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.4. . . ). Ancient Jewish marriage contracts also avoided . . .
Contradicted
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.6. . . ./The first interpretation is contradicted by Paul and Jesus . . .
Contrary
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.6. . . out that his teaching was contrary to the Law. This . . .
Contrast
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . had to perform. Paul, in contrast, turned his back on . . .
Convert
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Jewish or Graeco-Roman convert. For instance, it is . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.2. . . . Paul says that the Jewish convert is like someone who . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.2. . . . The Good News is that the convert shares the death of . . .
Converts
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Ch.3 How 1st Century Converts Would Have Understood . . .
Convince
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.3. . . in the New Testament to convince them otherwise. In . . .
Convinced
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.6. . . on these grounds. If she convinced a court that she had . . .
Cooking
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . and the amount of sewing and cooking which the woman had to . . .
Cor
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . is 'no longer enslaved':/1Cor.7.10-15: And to the . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.4. . . can only end by death:/1Cor.7.39 A wife is bound for . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.2. . . ./1) Conjugal obligations (1Cor.7.3-5). We normally speak . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . ./2) Material Obligations (1Cor.7.33-34). Paul said that a . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.4. . . marry 'only in the Lord' (1Cor.7.39) though this . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.2. . . use divorce-by-separation (1Cor.7.10-14) - the . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.3. . . attempt to reverse it (1Cor.7.11). Some (or perhaps . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.4. . . are 'no longer enslaved' (1Cor.7.15). Whether or not this . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.6. . . obligations within marriage (1Cor.7.3-5, 33-34)./ . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.1. . . a reference to remarriage in 1Cor.7.27 where Paul says that . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.4. . . . Paul quotes these words in 1Cor.7.39, when he wants to . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . one of the partners dies (1Cor.7.39; Rom.7.2). However, . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . the context. The context of 1Cor.7.39 concerns the rights . . .
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.6. . . about the unmarried state (1Cor.7.7f, Matt.19.12). The . . .
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.6. . . to do so (1Tim.5.14 cf. 1Cor.7.27, 39), so some have . . .
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.1. . . of emotional support (1Cor.7.3-5) and material . . .
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.1. . . 7.3-5) and material support (1Cor.7.32-35)./Paul told . . .
Corinth
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.1. . . than divorce. When some at Corinth wanted to divorce . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.1. . . , which some believers at Corinth were advocating. He . . .
Corinthian
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.4. . . if they have the choice. The Corinthian church were all . . .
Corinthians
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.1. . . on divorce is contained in 1 Corinthians 7 where he . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.2. . . divorce. Paul told the Corinthians that they must not . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.3. . . Some (or perhaps one) of the Corinthians had already . . .
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.1. . . grounds when he reminded the Corinthians that marriage . . .
Cornes
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . , and more recently by Andrew Cornes, was that Jesus allowed . . .
Correct
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.7. . . adultery"./Matthew was correct to add these phrases . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.1. . . , this was still essentially correct for all practical . . .
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.6. . . view of marriage is correct, a remarried person is . . .
Correctly
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.10. . . Jesus' teaching, or he has correctly added the words . . .
Corresponding
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.1. . . woman' (! Tim.3.2) and the corresponding phrase 'woman of . . .
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.7. . . prized and honoured. The corresponding 'one-woman man' . . .
Countries
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.1. . . in the UK, USA, and other countries, and teach specific . . .
Country
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.8. . . under 18 to drink in this country?". It would be . . .
Couple
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.3. . . a certificate. As soon as a couple separated, either . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.2. . . discussed how long a couple could abstain from . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.2. . . of their day./Within a couple of generations, the . . .
Couples
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.3. . . imply that it is possible for couples to separate but they . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . the present day separation of couples who live together . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . 'no-fault' divorce of married couples. In neither case was . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.5. . . ./Minister: (A prayer for the couple's wedding and future . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.6. . . and, according to some couples, makes them feel as . . .
Court
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.1. . . which had to be proved in court if they were disputed, . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.1. . . did not require any proof or court appearances so they soon . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.6. . . grounds. If she convinced a court that she had been . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.2. . . have to set up some kind of court to establish innocence . . .
Created
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.2. . . Have you not read that he who created them from the . . .
Criticism
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.5. . . now generally regarded as a criticism of polygamy and not . . .
Criticisms
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.1. . . to understand Jesus' criticisms of the Pharisees in . . .
Cruelty
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . grounds or 'offences' such as cruelty, desertion, insanity . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . such as adultery, desertion, cruelty and mutual separation. . . .
Cultural
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.2. . . , we have to read it in its cultural context in order to . . .
Culture
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.3. . . acquaint ourselves with the culture which he was . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.1. . . : 1st Century Graeco-Roman Culture: The New Testament . . .
Cultures
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.4. . . believers, and some came from cultures where parents chose . . .
Current
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.8. . . referred to a well-known and current legal debate./By the . . .