Is Remarriage Biblical...

Does the Bible have a cure for divorce?

God’s Standard:
 
Genesis 2:23-24  Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."  (24)  Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
 
Malachi 2:16  "For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the LORD, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless."
 
Matthew 19:6  So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
 
Deuteronomy 24:1-4  "When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house,  (2)  and if she goes and becomes another man's wife,  (3)  and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter man dies, who took her to be his wife,  (4)  then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the LORD. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance.
 
Jeremiah 3:1  "If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? declares the LORD.
 
Matthew 5:31-32  "It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' (32)  But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
 
Luke 16:17-18  But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void. (18)  "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
 
Purposes for Marriage:
(1 Corinthians 7:1)  Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."
 
(1 Corinthians 7:2)  But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:3)  The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:4)  For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:5)  Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
 
 
Paul Recommends to Stay Single (See Matthew 19 and Mark 10):
 
(1 Corinthians 7:6)  Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:7)  I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:8)  To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
 
 
The Lords Command (Which lines up with Matthew, OT, Mark, Romans):
 
(1 Corinthians 7:9)  But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:10)  To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
 
(1 Corinthians 7:11)  (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.
 
 
Paul’s Counsel to those who are in difficult Marriages:
 
(1 Corinthians 7:12)  To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:13)  If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:14)  For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:15)  But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace.
 
Paul’s Counsel Ends and Returns to Holy Spirit Hermeneutics and Exegesis:
 
(1 Corinthians 7:16)  For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
 
(1 Corinthians 7:17)  Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:18)  Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:19)  For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:20)  Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:21)  Were you a bondservant when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)
 
(1 Corinthians 7:22)  For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:23)  You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:24)  So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
 
Concerning Engaged Couples, Paul Gives His Counsel Again:
 
(1 Corinthians 7:25)  Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:26)  I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:27)  Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:28)  But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:29)  This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
 
(1 Corinthians 7:30)  and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods,
 
(1 Corinthians 7:31)  and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:32)  I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:33)  But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,
 
(1 Corinthians 7:34)  and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:35)  I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:36)  If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry--it is no sin.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:37)  But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:38)  So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.
 
 
No where is Remariage Spoken of or alluded to:
 
(1 Corinthians 7:39)  A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
 
(1 Corinthians 7:40)  Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
 
 
The Wicked Intents of Mankind:
 
Matthew 19:3-12  And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?"  (4)  He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, (5)  and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? (6)  So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
 
NOTICE JESUS’ ANSWER WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH…
 
(7)  They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?"  (8)  He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. (9)  And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality (***NOTE: 4202 porneía (the root of the English terms "pornography, pornographic"; cf. 4205 /pórnos) which is derived from pernaō, "to sell off") – properly, a selling off (surrendering) of sexual purity; promiscuity of any (every) type).,(NOT.3429, 3430 moichaó which specifically is sexual relations with someone who is married or while you are married) and marries another, commits adultery.)" (10)  The disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry."  (11)  But he said to them, "Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given. (12)  For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it."
 
Mark 10 Illustrates Jesus’ teaching that all remarriage is unlawful and holds to the interpretation of the OT and Matthew.
 
Mark 10:2-12  And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"  (3)  He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" (4)  They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away."  (5)  And Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. (6)  But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.' (7)  'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, (8)  and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh. (9)  What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate." (10)  And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.  (11)  And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, (12)  and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."
 
Romans 7:2-6  For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.  (3)  Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.  (4)  Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.  (5)  For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.  (6)  But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

So to summarize, except in the case that the spouse has died, remarriage is not supported biblically under any circumstances. And if you do end up in a divorce, you are to stay unmarried as long as your spouse lives.