Matthew 19:9

 

Matthew 19:9

(MLV) And I say to you*, Whoever divorces his wife (not from fornication) and marries another, commits adultery and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.

(KJV) And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

(1611 KJV) And I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away, doth commit adultery.

(1587 Geneva Bible) I say therefore vnto you, that whosoeuer shall put away his wife, except it be for whoredome, and marry another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her which is diuorced, doeth commit adulterie.

(1526 Tyndale) I saye therfore vnto you whosoever putteth awaye his wyfe (except it be for fornicacion) and maryeth another breaketh wedlocke. And whosoever maryeth her which is divorsed doeth commyt advoutry.

 

Counterfeit Versions

(NIV) I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery."

(NASV) "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

(NLT) And I tell you this, a man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery--unless his wife has been unfaithful."

(ESV) And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery."

(HCSB) And I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery."

(RSV) And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery."

(TNIV) I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."

(NAB-Roman Catholic) I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery."

(NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) I say to YOU that whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication, and marries another commits adultery.”

 

Textus Receptus - Traditional Text

legw de umin oti oV an apolush thn gunaika autou ei mh epi porneia kai gamhsh allhn moicatai kai o apolelumenhn gamhsaV moicatai

 

Hort-Westcott - Critical Text

legw de umin oti oV an apolush thn gunaika autou mh epi porneia kai gamhsh allhn moicatai

 

Corrupted Manuscripts

This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:

Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Fourth century
C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century

D 05 -　Bezae Cantabrigiensis - Fifth century

L 019 - Seventh century

1241 - (Minuscule) - Twelfth century

 

Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse

Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)

K 017 - Ninth century

28 (Minuscule) - Eleventh century

700 - (Minuscule) Eleventh century

892 - (Minuscule) - Ninth century

 

Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions

Omit “and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.”

Tregelles, Samuel - 1857 (in margin or brackets)

Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869

Westcott and Hort - 1881 ( in margin or brackets)

Weiss, Bernhard - 1894

Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941

Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition

Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition

United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition

 

Affected Teaching

One of the most egregious sins of the church and many Christians is to remarry after divorce or to marry another who is divorced. The Bible is very clear on this matter.

 

(Mark 10:11-12 MLV) And he says to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, is committing adultery against her: and if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she is committing adultery.

 

(Luke 16:18 MLV) Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery and everyone who marries the one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

 

(Rom 7:2-3 MLV) For* the married woman is bound by law to the living husband; but if the husband dies, she is {F} discharged from the law of the husband. (3) So then, if while the husband is living, she becomes joined to another man, she will be divinely named: an adulteress; but if the husband dies, she is free from the law, she is not an adulteress, though she became joined to another man.

 

(1 Cor 7:39 MLV) A wife is bound by law for as long as a time as her husband is living; but also if the husband has fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she wills; but only in the Lord.

 

These verses clearly indicate that if a man or woman divorces their spouse and remarries another, whether they be Christian or not, they are committing adultery. 

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