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… And Marries Another: Divorce and Remarriage in the Teaching of the New Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

Carefully documented and compassionate, this book explores how early Christians would have understood the statements of Jesus and Paul on divorce and remarriage. Keener then builds a soundly scriptural view of divorce and remarriage—a view that reminds the church that all of its members are forgiven people.

Some scholars argue that this passage indeed permits divorce in the case of adultery—but does not permit remarriage.82 It must permit divorce in this case because one is simply formalizing “the break between husband and wife that has already occurred through the wife’s immorality” according to Jewish law. But, especially in light of 19:10–12, advocates of this position argue that it does not permit remarriage.83 These scholars further argue that Matthew includes the exception
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