For (A)the married woman is bound by law to her [a]husband as long as he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law [b]concerning the husband. So then, if while her husband is alive she [c]gives herself to another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if she [d]gives herself to another man.

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  1. Romans 7:2 Lit living husband; but if
  2. Romans 7:2 Lit of
  3. Romans 7:3 Lit becomes another man’s
  4. Romans 7:3 I.e., in marriage; lit becomes another man’s

11 (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband is not to [a]divorce his wife.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 7:11 Or leave his wife

11 And He *said to them, (A)Whoever [a]divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; 12 and (B)if she herself [b]divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”

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  1. Mark 10:11 Or sends away
  2. Mark 10:12 Or sends away

18 (A)Everyone who [a]divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is [b]divorced from a husband commits adultery.

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  1. Luke 16:18 Or sends away, the Heb term for divorce
  2. Luke 16:18 Or sent away

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