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Originally Posted by 1smle2dmpls
But if the husband or wife who isn't a Christian insists on leaving, let them go. In such cases the Christian husband or wife is not required to stay with them, for God wants his children to live in peace.)
What does it mean that if an unbeliever leaves then you are not required to stay with them? Does leave mean divorce? or leave to live somewhere else?
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Some churches interpret it to mean that divorce is allowable in these circumstances..... (some churches interpret it only to imply a separation). The churches I have been in use that scripture as an acceptable grounds for a divorce. If a spouse is a non-believer and wants the divorce, then the Christian spouse should allow the non-believing spouse to leave and get the divorce..... but on the other hand, the Bible says that if the non-believing spouse wants to stay in the marriage then the Christian spouse must stay.
Often churches allow for divorce in three cases:
1) infidelity (as stated in the Bible)
2) the case listed above-- a non-believing spouse who leaves the marriage
3) abuse (not stated in the Bible)