Biblical Contradiction: Can Woman Be Divorced From Her Husband?

By
Bassam Zawadi

 

 

Paul makes it clear that a woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive…

 

Romans 7:2-3

For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord

 

However, Jesus said that there could be a condition in which a divorce could occur…

Matthew 5:32

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.

Matthew 19:9

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

 

So if the husband divorces the wife for sexual immorality then that means that the wife is divorced from him and no longer bound to him and therefore could go ahead and marry someone else. But this contradicts Paul’s statement in which he said that a woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive. Paul does not realize that Jesus did put a condition in which it is permissible for a couple to divorce.