Davar
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.5. . . of indecency' (Hebrew ervat davar). The Hillelite . . .

David
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.2. . . than strict regulations./David Atkinson broadened . . .

Dead
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . that divorced marriages were 'dead' so that remarriage . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . that divorced marriages were 'dead' so that remarriage could . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.5. . . sided with them. When the Dead Sea Scrolls were first . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.4. . . proof that her husband was dead../When Paul said 'you are . . .

Deal
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . decided to let the State deal with divorce, and . . .

Death
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.3. . . .39 that marriage is ended by death. Many interpreters have . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.3. . . that marriage can only end by death:/1Cor.7.39 A wife is . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . of a divorcee before the death of their former spouse. . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . the authority to apply the death penalty for adultery, as . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . marriage would end when the death penalty was imposed. He . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . in this case, and that the death penalty probably ended . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . , if any, were punished with death in the 1st century, . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . No remarriage till death occurs?: Paul says in . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . of them indicates that death is the only way to end a . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.2. . . that the marriage will end in death. But the Law will not . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.2. . . that the convert shares the death of Christ, which ends . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.3. . . that marriage can only end by death, because neither context . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.3. . . the end of marriage through death do not rule out divorce. . . .

Debate
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.1. . . is recorded in the form of a debate with the Pharisees ( . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.4. . . which they refer to in the debate./The question might . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.2. . . ./The Hillelite and Shammaite Debate: Since the mid-19th . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.2. . . Matthew's account refer to a debate between two groups of . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.2. . . recorded a summary of this debate:/The School of Shammai . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.5. . . account, implying that the debate went as follows:/The . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.7. . . been spoken in the original debate, because they were . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.8. . . well-known and current legal debate./By the second century, . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.9. . . . Before 70 CE, this debate was very well known, . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.6. . . Matthew immediately after the debate on divorce (Matt.19.10- . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.1. . . about the context of the debate. However, by the time . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.2. . . in the Gospel account of the debate because it is clearly . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.2. . . especially clearly in the debate about divorce. The . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.2. . . 'The Hillelite and Shammaite Debate' above) is further . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.6. . . to their accounts of this debate, including mention of . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.6. . . were not mentioned in this debate because they were not . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.6. . . dispute, and an account of a debate only needs to mention . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.8. . . two sides. When one reads the debate about divorce, one . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.2. . . of the Gospel divorce debate and consequently . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.2. . . the Hillel and Shammai debate but the churches have . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.3. . . , though there is still a debate about whether this is . . .

Debates
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.2. . . not verbatim and rabbinic debates used similar . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.8. . . same was true for rabbinic debates, which only mentioned . . .

Decide
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.4. . . churches allow the State to decide who divorces and still . . .

Decided
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . . The Orthodox Church decided to let the State deal . . .

Decides
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.2. . . sin. Also, if the church decides to remarry only the . . .

Declared
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.4. . . the former marriage can be declared as never having . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . , even if neither partner had declared their intention to . . .

Defensible
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . precarious, but it may be defensible on this occasion, . . .

Defined
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . of divorce. Therefore Malachi defined divorce as 'treachery . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . Divorce Reform Act 1969 which defined 'irretrievable . . .

Definite
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.3. . . that it would require a very definite statement in the New . . .

Degradation
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.4. . . to grievous sexual degradation. I have used . . .

Degree
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.2. . . Paul's exception to a similar degree. Other interpreters . . .

Demanded
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . , as the Old Testament law demanded. In this situation, . . .

Denied
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.2. . . and Shammaites./When Jesus denied the validity of all . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . marriage vows. He therefore denied that divorce was . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . for unfaithfulness. He also denied the idea that marriage . . .

Deny
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . lifelong marriage. He did not deny divorce, but pointed out . . .

Departhe
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.6. . . at the borde tyll dethe us departhe, if holy chyrche it . . .

Depending
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . , desertion, or dismissal (depending on who owned the . . .

Derived
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.2. . . , and protect'. This was derived from the wording of . . .

Described
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.4. . . marriage or divorce. Jeremiah described Israel as God's . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . Old Testament prophets. They described God divorcing Israel . . .

Description
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . cited these grounds was the description of God's divorce . . .

Deserted
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.5. . . to someone who had been deserted, a 1st century reader . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.3. . . could have argued that the deserted person was suffering . . .

Desertion
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . 'adultery') and perhaps for desertion by an unbeliever. . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . - by mutual agreement, desertion, or dismissal ( . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . period of separation or desertion. Separation was . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.5. . . , but he implied in v.15 that desertion was a valid ground . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . 'offences' such as cruelty, desertion, insanity or long . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . of 'proofs' such as adultery, desertion, cruelty and mutual . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.2. . . grounds (adultery and desertion by an unbeliever) . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.2. . . only for unfaithfulness or desertion by an unbeliever, . . .

Designed
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.3. . . Old Testament./2) Marriage is designed to be lifelong, so . . .

Despite
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.1. . . was committing adultery. Despite the very substantial . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . in most modern divorces. Despite these similarities, it . . .

Destruction
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.9. . . was far from obvious. The destruction of Jerusalem in 70 . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.2. . . of the Hillelites after the destruction of Jerusalem, and . . .

Dethe
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.6. . . bedde and at the borde tyll dethe us departhe, if holy . . .

Deut
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.4. . . the Law says so!' (i.e. in Deut.24.1). The wording in . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.4. . . Law meant, and in particular Deut.24.1 because this was the . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.2. . . interpretation of a phrase in Deut.24.1 which the Shammaites . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.3. . . in her an indecent matter [Deut.24.1]./And the School of . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.4. . . since it says: [Any] matter [Deut.24.1]./The dispute . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.6. . . Jesus: "Does the Law (i.e. Deut.24.1) allow divorce for . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.8. . . ?" was meaningless, because Deut.24.1 clearly permitted . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.2. . . (it is assumed in Exod.21.10, Deut.21.15 and Lev.18.18) and . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.1. . . the interpretation of Deut.24.1, the original . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.3. . . grounds for divorce were:/1) Deut.24.1: 'an indecent . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.2. . . is no ground for divorce in Deut.24.1 except 'Indecency'". . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . .1.22, 28), unfaithfulness (Deut.24.1), and neglect of . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . was allowed after divorce (Deut.24.1-4), and the purpose . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . 'an indecent matter' in Deut.24.1./Jesus was asked if . . .

Deuteronomy
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.2. . . and said that the phrase in Deuteronomy only meant . . .

Die
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.2. . . death. But the Law will not die. The Good News is that the . . .

Died
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . truly end when one partner died, which was why remarriage . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . till a former spouse had died. The Church Fathers were . . .
Chap.3 Sect.6 Para.4. . . remarry till his ex-wife has died, or/d) he must not be a . . .

Dies
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . ends when one of the partners dies (1Cor.7.39; Rom.7.2). . . .

Difference
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.6. . . so there was no concept of a difference between separation . . .

Difficult
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.1. . . convert. For instance, it is difficult to understand Jesus' . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . ?/Before 1937 it was very difficult to get a divorce in . . .

Difficulties
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.4. . . , in order to highlight the difficulties of interpreting . . .

Difficulty
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.4. . . not ask for repayment'./One difficulty with removing . . .

Digression
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.6. . . ). He replied, after a long digression, that this text . . .

Diminish
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.5. . . ) Exod.21.10f: 'you shall not diminish her food, clothing or . . .

Direction
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.3. . . found to be unworkable./The direction of legislation has . . .

Disagreed
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.1. . . out several areas where he disagreed with his Jewish . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.1. . . following areas where Jesus disagreed with contemporary . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.2. . . already stated elsewhere. He disagreed with both of these . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.7. . . world. But where Jesus disagreed with the status quo, . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . marriage and divorce where he disagreed with some or all . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . if they remarried./Jesus also disagreed with many other . . .

Discouraged
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.4. . . for 'Indecency', though he discouraged it. He said that . . .

Discovered
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.5. . . Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered, J.A. Fitzmyer and . . .

Discuss
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.7. . . is too large an issue to discuss here./Most Christian . . .

Discussed
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.3. . . matter', i.e. adultery (as discussed above)./2) Gen.1.22, . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.2. . . is based. The Pharisees discussed how long a couple . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . remain single. The Pharisees discussed the exact amount of . . .

Dish
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.4. . . said: Even if she spoiled his dish, since it says: [Any] . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.3. . . : "Even if she spoiled his dish, since it says: For he . . .

Dismiss
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . ); and a husband ought not dismiss his wife. (12) But . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . live with him, he ought not dismiss her. (13) And a woman . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.2. . . live with her, she ought not dismiss her husband. (14) For . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . use 'divorce' for either 'dismiss' or 'separate from', . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . use 'divorce' for either 'dismiss' or 'separate from', . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . century Greek documents, both 'dismiss' and 'separate from' . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . Greek documents, both 'dismiss' and 'separate from' . . .

Dismissal
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . agreement, desertion, or dismissal (depending on who . . .

Dismissed
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.4. . . spouse has walked out or dismissed them, the divorce . . .

Dismissing
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.6. . . separating from a partner or dismissing a partner, so there . . .

Dispute
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.5. . . [Any] matter [Deut.24.1]./The dispute concerned the phrase . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.6. . . they were not subject to dispute, and an account of a . . .

Disputed
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.1. . . proved in court if they were disputed, so they often . . .

Disputes
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.3. . . many more serious doctrinal disputes, such as the Trinity, . . .

Distinction
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.6. . . Paul had meant to imply any distinction, he would have had . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.5. . . merely 'allowed' it. This distinction is obscured in . . .

Distinctions
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . , and before we look for distinctions we must ask how a . . .

Distract
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.3. . . that this obligation might distract a believer from . . .

Diverse
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . that Judaism was extremely diverse in the 1st century, . . .

Divorce
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Jesus' teaching on divorce is recorded in the . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.2. . . "Is it lawful for a person to divorce his wife for 'Any . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.2. . . one to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?" . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.2. . . of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.4. . . , in effect, if he allowed divorce for any reason at all. . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.5. . . with terms like 'no-fault divorce' and 'maintenance'. . . .
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.5. . . might think that a 'no-fault divorce' was one where the . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.1. . . Paul's teaching on divorce is contained in 1 . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.1. . . within marriage and to divorce non-Christian partners . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.1. . . them of Jesus' teaching on divorce. He concluded that . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.1. . . should not initiate a divorce and should attempt . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.1. . . , if an unbeliever forced a divorce, the believer is 'no . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . allows. Some translations use 'divorce' for either 'dismiss' . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . . Some translations use 'divorce' for either 'dismiss' . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . breakup - separation and divorce. However, in 1st . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . from' were used to mean 'divorce'. Paul, like any . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . from' were used to mean 'divorce'. Paul, like any . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.6. . . ./It will be shown below that divorce in the Graeco-Roman . . .
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.6. . . between separation and divorce. If Paul had meant to . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . texts, that Jesus forbade all divorce, with one exception. . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . a different one. Therefore, divorce was forbidden except . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . and Calvin even allowed divorce for grounds such as . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . to let the State deal with divorce, and recognized that . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.4. . . and still others allow divorce for reasons which are . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.4. . . . A few churches allow no divorce at all./ . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.1. . . tried to find ways to allow divorce for those suffering . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.2. . . of permissible grounds for divorce./Scholars generally . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.3. . . that Jesus did not allow any divorce at all, which fits in . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.4. . . : 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?' This should . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.4. . . only text which mentions a divorce certificate which they . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.5. . . existed which forbade all divorce and remarriage, so . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.5. . . criticism of polygamy and not divorce or remarriage./The . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.6. . . knew that Jesus forbade all divorce, because the question . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . presented his teaching on divorce while the Jews still . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . , there was no need to allow divorce in the case of . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . , was that Jesus allowed divorce for adultery because . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . this exception because divorce for adultery was not . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . outside Judaism. However, divorce was compulsory for . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . only men could initiate divorce. However, a recent . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . Jewish women were able to divorce their husbands./These . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.2. . . introduced a new 'no-fault' divorce called 'Any Matter'. . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.3. . . says: A man should not divorce his wife except if he . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.5. . . the phrase as two grounds for divorce: 'Any Matter' and . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.5. . . it as a single ground for divorce, 'Indecency'. The . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.5. . . there was only one ground for divorce in this text, so they . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.6. . . Law (i.e. Deut.24.1) allow divorce for 'Any Matter'?" ( . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.6. . . , that this text allowed divorce for "nothing except . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.8. . . "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" was . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.9. . . , because anyone seeking a divorce had to choose a judge . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.9. . . who would allow the type of divorce they wanted. If they . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.9. . . they wanted an 'Any Matter' divorce, they had to make sure . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.1. . . more important than divorce, and to point out . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.3. . . designed to be lifelong, so divorce should be avoided if . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.4. . . should only be ended by divorce in cases of . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.4. . . in the context of marriage or divorce. Jeremiah described . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.4. . . that God eventually had to divorce Israel (see below) but . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.4. . . not immediately seek to divorce an erring partner, but . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.4. . . invite repentance. However, divorce is reluctantly . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.5. . . said that Moses 'commanded' divorce for 'Indecency', . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.5. . . the Pharisees tried to make divorce compulsory after . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.5. . . wanted to emphasize that divorce was permissible but . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.6. . . after the debate on divorce (Matt.19.10-12). Jesus . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.6. . . infertility as a ground for divorce, which relied on this . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.1. . . Jesus on Divorce: The Pharisees . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.4. . . Jesus was not condemning 'any divorce' (as most translations . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.4. . . Matter' - the new type of divorce which was introduced . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.4. . . by the Hillelites. He allowed divorce for 'Indecency', . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.2. . . clearly in the debate about divorce. The abbreviated . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.3. . . says: "A man should not divorce his wife except if he . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.4. . . says: A man should not divorce his wife except if he . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.6. . . Old Testament grounds for divorce which everyone agreed . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.8. . . one reads the debate about divorce, one might conclude . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.8. . . the Shammaites only allowed divorce for 'Indecency'. . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.8. . . know that they also allowed divorce for other Old . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.1. . . Other Grounds for Divorce in 1st Century Judaism . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.1. . . , a Jew could only get a divorce for a limited number . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.2. . . Old Testament grounds for divorce were:/1) Deut.24.1: . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.4. . . made infertility a ground for divorce, and they applied it . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.4. . . rejected this ground for divorce when he said that . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.5. . . rights became grounds for divorce if a husband or wife . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.6. . . were the main grounds for divorce before the 'Any . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.6. . . before the 'Any Matter' divorce was introduced, and . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.6. . . and even a woman could gain a divorce on these grounds. If . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.6. . . her husband to write out a divorce certificate./ . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . the Old Testament grounds for divorce was that marriage was . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . if they wished- i.e. to get a divorce. This emphasized that . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . that the sinfulness of divorce lay in the breaking of . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . , and not it the process of divorce. Therefore Malachi . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . . Therefore Malachi defined divorce as 'treachery against . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . contracts. One example of a divorce which cited these . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . was the description of God's divorce from Israel by the Old . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . the innocent party in this divorce, he still experienced . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . the painfulness of divorce first hand and . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . hand and concluded 'I hate divorce' (Mal.2.16)./ . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . silence on other grounds for divorce: It is clear that . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . Matter' divorces and accepted divorce for adultery, but what . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . Old Testament grounds for divorce? It is possible to . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . concerning marriage and divorce where he disagreed . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . mention the other grounds for divorce which were accepted by . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.2. . . also allowed other types of divorce. The Shammaites meant . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.2. . . that "there is no ground for divorce in Deut.24.1 except . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.2. . . that "there is no ground for divorce in all Scripture, . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . and if one partner wanted the divorce, the other was . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . concept of separation without divorce or separation . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . or separation preceding divorce and, unlike the modern . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . to be the proof that divorce had occurred, even if . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . declared their intention to divorce./In the matter of . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.3. . . own. Anyone who had a valid divorce had an automatic right . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.3. . . In fact the main purpose of a divorce certificate was to . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.3. . . words on a Jewish get or divorce certificate were: 'You . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.3. . . occurred on most Graeco-Roman divorce certificates, though . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.1. . . interested in marriage than divorce. When some at Corinth . . .
Chap.3 Sect.2 Para.1. . . some at Corinth wanted to divorce their unbelieving . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.1. . . Paul on Divorce: Paul was mainly . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.1. . . other general rulings about divorce./1) Believers should . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.2. . . Graeco-Roman form of no-fault divorce. Paul told the . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.2. . . who condemned the no-fault divorce in Judaism - the . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.2. . . - the Hillelite 'Any Matter' divorce./2) If they have used . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.3. . . if her spouse had chosen to divorce her, there would be . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.4. . . out or dismissed them, the divorce has been fully enacted . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.5. . . ) There are valid grounds for divorce. Paul condemned the . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.5. . . was a valid ground for divorce. He did not state any . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.5. . . state any other grounds for divorce, but presumably he . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.5. . . presumably he also allowed divorce for adultery, in . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.6. . . Old Testament grounds for divorce? These grounds are . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.6. . . refer to these grounds for divorce, he did affirm them as . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.2. . . partner had left them, the divorce had already taken . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.2. . . in Jewish and Graeco-Roman divorce certificates - 'You . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.3. . . is especially apt to a divorce certificate which was . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.4. . . only compulsory words on a divorce certificate were: 'You . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . that marriage cannot end with divorce, and neither of them . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . marriage. They do not mention divorce because it does not . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . the rights of a widow, so divorce is naturally not in . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.1. . . rather complex metaphor where divorce would also be out of . . .
Chap.3 Sect.5 Para.2. . . believer has no grounds for divorce because the Law never . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . words came to the subject of divorce and remarriage with . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . there were five grounds for divorce in Scripture: . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . Testament example of God's divorce from Israel . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . from Israel illustrated that divorce occurred when these . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . remarriage was allowed after divorce (Deut.24.1-4), and the . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . .1-4), and the purpose of the divorce certificate was to . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . popularized a new no-fault divorce called 'Any Matter', . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . about marriage and divorce. He used the Old . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . marriage. He did not deny divorce, but pointed out that . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . . He therefore denied that divorce was compulsory for . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . so he would not support a divorce on the grounds of . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.3. . . about the other grounds for divorce - neglect of food, . . .
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.3. . . more than 18 months after a divorce, though this law was . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.1. . . should be life-long, and that divorce should be avoided . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.1. . . never be the cause of a divorce by breaking marriage . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.1. . . Paul condemned the no-fault divorce of their day./Within a . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.2. . . background of the Gospel divorce debate and . . .
Chap.4 Sect.3 Para.2. . . Jewish background of Jesus' divorce teaching was partially . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.1. . . has only one ground for divorce - lack of sexual . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.1. . . other biblical grounds for divorce (neglect of 'love, . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.4. . . back to the grounds for divorce in Ex.21.10f./The . . .
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.8. . . and which were the basis for divorce in the 1st century./ . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . . The Jewish 'Any Matter' divorce was similar to the . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . to the modern 'no-fault' divorce of married couples. In . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . need to cite grounds for a divorce, just as there is no . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.3. . . than the doctrine of divorce and remarriage, though . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.1. . . church teach against no-fault divorce, which is now the main . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.1. . . which is now the main type of divorce in the UK, USA, and . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.1. . . teach specific grounds for divorce?/Before 1937 it was . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . was very difficult to get a divorce in Britain, though one . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . could, theoretically, get a divorce for adultery. New . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . Act 1937, which also made divorce a much cheaper and . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.2. . . . This was implemented in the Divorce Reform Act 1969 which . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.3. . . from specific grounds for divorce and towards a . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.3. . . and towards a 'no-fault' divorce system. The same trend . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.4. . . . The church teaches against divorce, but it provides no . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.4. . . practical set of grounds for divorce./ . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.1. . . the Old Testament grounds for divorce - unfaithfulness, . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.3. . . all the biblical grounds for divorce. These can be taught . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.3. . . vows form grounds for divorce if they are stubbornly . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.1. . . remarried after an invalid divorce get divorced again and . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.2. . . remarried after an invalid divorce was technically . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.2. . . (an invalid form of divorce) that they were free . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.3. . . so they had valid grounds for divorce. But instead, he took . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.3. . . the pragmatic view that the divorce had happened and was . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.4. . . remarriage after an invalid divorce, in order to show how . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.4. . . was not a literal ground for divorce. Similarly technical . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.4. . . adultery, due to an invalid divorce, would not be a . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.4. . . not be a literal ground for divorce./Therefore, although . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.5. . . divorce./Therefore, although divorce without valid grounds . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.1. . . of 'innocent' divorcees after divorce on a biblical ground?/ . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.2. . . Christian remarriages after divorce for unfaithfulness./It . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.3. . . no man separate' implied that divorce was possible, not . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.3. . . through death do not rule out divorce. Virtually all the . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.4. . . the sinfulness of causing divorce by breaking marriage . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.1. . . that we can now read the divorce and remarriage texts . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.1. . . Paul taught against no-fault divorce, and allowed divorce . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.1. . . no-fault divorce, and allowed divorce on the biblical . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.1. . . remarriage after a valid divorce. Both emphasized that . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.1. . . never be the cause of a divorce by breaking their . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.2. . . traditional interpretation (divorce only for . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.2. . . . The State now allows divorce on a no-fault basis, . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.3. . . ./The biblical grounds for divorce have been preserved in . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.3. . . biblical principle is that divorce is permitted when . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.3. . . is possible after a divorce, but the sinfulness of . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.4. . . : For further reading, see my Divorce and Remarriage in the . . .
Chap.5 Sect.3 Para.4. . . . Heth & G. Wenham, Jesus and Divorce (London: Hodder & . . .

Divorce-by-separation
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . Graeco-Roman world was 'divorce-by-separation'. This . . .
Chap.3 Sect.1 Para.2. . . Graeco-Roman world was 'divorce-by-separation'. This . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.2. . . ./1) Believers should not use divorce-by-separation (1Cor.7. . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.3. . . divorce./2) If they have used divorce-by-separation, they . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.4. . . they have been the victim of divorce-by-separation, they . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.5. . . . Paul condemned the no-fault divorce-by-separation, but he . . .
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.2. . . must not use the no-fault divorce-by-separation and told . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . : The Graeco-Roman 'divorce-by-separation' was . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . : The Graeco-Roman 'divorce-by-separation' was . . .

Divorced
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . divorce, and recognized that divorced marriages were 'dead' . . .
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.8. . . if they could not be divorced, so he added the . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.6. . . meant that those who were divorced for 'Any Matter' were . . .
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.6. . . 'Any Matter' were not validly divorced, so they were . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.1. . . ) said simply that anyone who divorced and remarried was . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.3. . . the Corinthians had already divorced their unbelieving . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.2. . . . He added that if anyone got divorced for 'Any Matter' ( . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.2. . . ) they were not really divorced, so they were . . .
Chap.4 Sect.2 Para.2. . . that if they had been divorced by an unbeliever, . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.2 Para.2. . . feeling guilty when they are divorced./The church should . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.1. . . after an invalid divorce get divorced again and remarry . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.5. . . of a marriage. The person who divorced without valid grounds . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.3. . . , even if one of them is not divorced. We confess together . . .

Divorced-by-separation
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.2. . . However, someone who had been divorced-by-separation had no . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.3 Para.2. . . told the person who had been divorced-by-separation (an . . .

Divorcee
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.5. . . the singleness of a divorcee. As 21st century . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . adultery. This meant that a divorcee could not remarry . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.3. . . , allowed remarriage of a divorcee before the death of . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.1. . . God as a divorcee: The principle behind . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.3. . . . Also, in some ways, a divorcee was like an . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.4. . . was a fundamental right of a divorcee, because she had a . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.3. . . it impossible for an innocent divorcee to remarry. As shown . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.2. . . ?/Remarrying a 'guilty' divorcee might imply that . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.3. . . tried to ascertain whether a divorcee is innocent or guilty . . .

Divorcees
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.1. . . allow remarriage for innocent divorcees./The Catholic Church . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.1. . . remarriage of 'innocent' divorcees after divorce on a . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.2. . . ?/The inability of 'innocent' divorcees to remarry has been . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.4. . . , and makes even innocent divorcees into guilty sinners. . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.1. . . allow remarriage of 'guilty' divorcees and those who used . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.3. . . practice I have remarried divorcees only on the . . .

Divorces
Chap.1 Sect.1 Para.2. . . (9) And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for . . .
Chap.1 Sect.3 Para.4. . . allow the State to decide who divorces and still others . . .
Chap.2 Sect.2 Para.1. . . about the 'Any Matter' divorces, he did not . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.4. . . most translations imply) but divorces for 'Any Matter' - . . .
Chap.2 Sect.3 Para.4. . . it. He said that the popular divorces for 'Any Matter' were . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.1. . . condemned the 'Any Matter' divorces, but this included . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.1. . . this included virtually all divorces which took place in 1 . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.1. . . effect, Jesus said that all divorces were invalid, and . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.5. . . in Matthew: Every one who divorces his wife, except for . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.5. . . ... (Matt.5.32). Whoever divorces his wife, except for . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.1. . . the invention of 'Any Matter' divorces, a Jew could only get . . .
Chap.2 Sect.5 Para.1. . . accusations. The 'Any Matter' divorces did not require any . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . the Hillelite 'Any Matter' divorces and accepted divorce . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.1. . . issue (the 'Any Matter' divorces) but before giving . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.2. . . denied the validity of all divorces "except for . . .
Chap.2 Sect.7 Para.2. . . , accepted the validity of divorces for neglect of 'food, . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.1. . . the basis for virtually all divorces. They had . . .
Chap.4 Sect.1 Para.2. . . he agreed with 'Any Matter' divorces and said that the . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . cite grounds in most modern divorces. Despite these . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.3. . . in 1969. The number of divorces has risen . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.5 Para.1. . . and those who used 'no-fault' divorces?/Remarrying a . . .

Divorcing
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.9. . . that Mark mentions a woman divorcing her husband, because . . .
Chap.2 Sect.6 Para.2. . . prophets. They described God divorcing Israel and later . . .
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.1. . . to stop believers from divorcing their unbelieving . . .

Doctrinal
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.3. . . have been many more serious doctrinal disputes, such as . . .

Doctrine
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.3. . . fundamental than the doctrine of divorce and . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.4 Para.4. . . stop teaching this uncertain doctrine and should instead . . .

Documents
Chap.1 Sect.2 Para.5. . . However, in 1st century Greek documents, both 'dismiss' and . . .
Chap.3 Sect.4 Para.3. . . from slavery. The two documents had similar wording . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2 Para.1. . . easy to apply the 1st century documents to a 21st century . . .

Dowry
Chap.3 Sect.3 Para.4. . . can do is to make sure the dowry is returned and that . . .

Dramatically
Chap.1 Sect.4 Para.6. . . , because Matthew would be dramatically changing the . . .
Chap.5 Sect.2.1 Para.3. . . number of divorces has risen dramatically, though there is . . .

Drawn
Chap.5 Sect.1 Para.2. . . the English liturgy which was drawn up in about 1085 by . . .

Drink
Chap.2 Sect.1 Para.8. . . for someone under 18 to drink in this country?". It . . .

Dt
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.3. . . in her an indecent matter [Dt.24.1]." And the School of . . .
Chap.2 Sect.4 Para.3. . . in her an indecent matter [Dt.24.1]."/The later account . . .