imprisonment, or removal from the community.”1 However, we cannot create categories or exceptions to God’s standards of marriage. It is His institution, to be regulated by His standards, and man has no liberty to make an exception where God has not. Counselors must be compassionate and caring, but still maintain the biblical position. While certainly difficult, such situations call for the response that God has enjoined. Namely, she must pursue the chaste and respectful behavior of a godly wife with
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