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Bittersweetnig:
why don't your hipocracy NL restricted non Christian from posting comments like they normally do on Islam section on Friday? Instead they're quick to ban Christians opinion on issues that affect Tinubu, na weyrey dey worry all of you

Dogalmighty17:
I don't understand. Isn't the bible clear on this? If one spouse moves out and proceeds to remarry, nothing stops the other spouse from remarrying.

Daejumong:
His dismissal from RCCG was painful for Pastor Adeboye who saw and still sees him as his spiritual son.

Dada4me:
As long as his first wife is still alive, he is bound to her and cannot marry another...else, he is living in adultery irrespective of the complexity anyone could be talking about.

God cannot change neither will His word change.

Smartcitizen:
Please if you are not a Christian, kindly read and please I beg you in the name of whatever you love not to comment.

Thanks so much for your understanding.


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albert2512:
Not sure you are right about this o.

stagger:
That wife died in 2020. Are you not aware?

Daejumong:
His dismissal from RCCG was painful for Pastor Adeboye who saw and still sees him as his spiritual son.

Lalami3232:
Is remarrying legal as a divorcee according to the Bible? I think some of us need clarity on this issue. But looking at how marriages of nowadays dey scatter, ranging from celebrities to pastors to entrepreneurs, you will ask yourself that "is marriage really worth it "?
What do you get in marriage that can't be gotten as a single person? Laslas, we all go dey alright sha

Gracefilled01:
I don’t think so. The Bible doesn’t condemn remarrying if one’s spouse is guilty of adultery; Matthew 5:32. In this case, his separated wife is bound to another man and has kids, hence he is free to remarry.

Righteousness2:
The Elders are wrong.
The Elders are not the Standard
The Word of GOD, the BIBLE is the standard.


As long as your first legally Married wife is alive. Marrying any other woman is PURE ADULTERY irrespective of Whoever you are. ONLY DEATH OF YOUR SPOUSE PERMITS YOU BIBLICALLY TO MARRY AGAIN

The Elders will not stand for you before GOD.
Eternity is a PERSONAL RACE.
Dont let anyone in the Name of Title Deceive you.

mbaise1000:
The bible didn't say as long as the divorced spouse is alive, the other should remain unmarried, even as the bible instructed that the only condition allowed for divorce is in the case if adultery, it still encouraged us to forgive.
1 Corinthians 7:15 but this will apply only when all efforts are sincerely made to reconcile Failed

ojuu4u:
If your spouse left and every door of reconciliation has closed, pls ENDEAVOUR to remarry.


Many of these doctrines are man-made doctrines, the doctrines the G.Os, Bishops, Prophets etc, have manipulated in other to subject subordinates and congregants to slavery.

Dogalmighty17:
I don't understand. Isn't the bible clear on this? If one spouse moves out and proceeds to remarry, nothing stops the other spouse from remarrying.

Odidigboigbo:
Do you have any Biblical verse to support your claim ?

Helinuss:
At least he is happy. God bless his marriage

Dada4me:
The passage you quoted mentioned Fornication not Adultery; and there is a difference between both.

Please read the following passages for better understanding.
1. Matthew 19:9.
2. Luke 16:18.
3. Mark 10:11,12.
4. I Corinthians 7:10,39.

Shalom.

Gracefilled01:
Hey, that scripture is very clear. God is not wicked to ask a man whose wife is remarried to remain bound to her, there's no way such man will not fall into sexual sin. Adultery often means sexual immorality among married folks, while fornication is used for singles, nevertheless, there are instances in the scripture where they were interchanged.

The scripture is clear, this man's wife has committed adultery by remarrying, on that ground, the divorce is legal and he's free to remarry. Remember, it's wrong to add or subtract from God's word. You're being overly legalistic by adding to what the bible says, which is wrong!

Omosofe69:
This is what CHAT GPT says. The word of God is final for every believer not what the society says:

The Question

Can a sound believer remarry after his wife has left him on her own accord (i.e., she abandoned him without just cause)?

🔹 Step 1: God’s original design for marriage

Genesis 2:24 — “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

Matthew 19:6 — “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”

Marriage is meant to be lifelong and exclusive — “one flesh” until death (Romans 7:2–3).
So the default position of Scripture is: marriage is not to be broken, and remarriage while the first spouse lives is adultery (Luke 16:18).

🔹 Step 2: When separation occurs

Sometimes, one spouse deserts the other. Paul directly addressed this in 1 Corinthians 7, the clearest New Testament teaching on the matter.

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

👉 If a wife departs (leaves her husband), Paul says she has two options:

Remain unmarried, or

Be reconciled to her husband.

And the husband, likewise, must not remarry another while she lives.

🔹 Step 3: When an unbelieving spouse departs

Paul adds another scenario:

1 Corinthians 7:15
“But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.”

This is often called the Pauline privilege — the only case where a believer may be “not under bondage” to remain tied to the marriage.
Key phrase: “not under bondage.”

What does it mean?

It implies freedom from the marital obligation when an unbelieving spouse deserts a believer.

The believer is then free to remarry, since the marriage bond has been broken by the unbeliever’s willful desertion.

🔹 Step 4: If both spouses are believers

If the deserter is a believer, the case changes.
Paul said:

“If she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled.” (1 Cor 7:11)

So if she’s a believer who walks away without biblical cause (adultery or unbelief), she’s in disobedience — but her departure does not free the husband to remarry. He must wait for either reconciliation or her death (Romans 7:2–3).

🔹 Step 5: Summary Table
Situation Scripture May the believer remarry?
Wife leaves but both are believers 1 Cor. 7:10–11 ❌ No — must remain unmarried or reconcile
Wife commits adultery Matt. 19:9 ✅ Yes — adultery dissolves the marital covenant
Wife is an unbeliever and deserts him 1 Cor. 7:15 ✅ Yes — not under bondage, free to remarry
Wife dies Rom. 7:2–3 ✅ Yes — death ends the marriage bond
🔹 Step 6: Core Principle

Romans 7:2–3
“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth... So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress.”

Matthew 19:9
“Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery.”

Unless there’s fornication (sexual immorality) or unbelief/desertion by an unbeliever, remarriage while the first spouse lives is considered adultery in Scripture.

🔹 Final Verdict (Strict Scriptural View)

If a believing wife leaves her husband on her own accord, without adultery and without being an unbeliever,
the sound believer husband must not remarry.
He must either remain single or pray for reconciliation.

Only if she:

Commits adultery, or

Proves to be an unbeliever who has willfully departed,
may he, according to Scripture, be “not under bondage” and thus free to remarry.

Starz825:
I think he is right...since adultery is a biblical reason to divorce and remarry...then he is right..

The wife Left him to be with /sleep with another man.....

albert2512:
Adultery is not a reason to remarry, but it is a reason to do separate. Being separated doesn't mean u can remarry. I know this might sound crazy , it is the fact.

Starz825:
Get your fact right..

Adultery is a reason to divorce.

Dogalmighty17:
I don't understand. Isn't the bible clear on this? If one spouse moves out and proceeds to remarry, nothing stops the other spouse from remarrying.