ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 7 v39

A WIFE IS BOUND TO HER HUSBAND. AMBROSIASTER: Paul writes this in order to make it clear that a woman who has been rejected by her husband is not free to marry again. If he should die, then she may remarry, but only in the Lord, which means without any suspicion of wrongdoing and within the bounds of the church. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

SEEK RECONCILIATION. AUGUSTINE: The death referred to here is clearly the death of the body, not of the soul. Forgiveness and attempts at reconciliation of the offending person are offered as better solutions than divorce. ADULTEROUS MARRIAGES.

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