Matthew 5:31-32·~1 min
Divorce
Jesus recalls the certificate of divorce and then warns that divorce apart from sexual immorality brings adultery, including remarriage to a divorced woman.
I31t has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Section summaryJesus refers to the legal provision for divorce and then narrows the matter with a strict warning. Divorce apart from sexual immorality brings adultery upon the woman, and marriage to a divorced woman is also named as adultery.
Role in the chapterThis section limits divorce language and keeps marriage under moral accountability.