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255Married Christians ShouldRemain Married1 Cor. 7 :10-16 "To the marriedpeople I give instructions, yet notI but the Lord, that a wifeshould not depart from her husband; but if she should actuallydepart, let her remain single orelse make up again with her husband; and a husband should notleave his wife . . . . If any brotherhas an unbelieving wife, and yetshe is agreeable to dwelling withhim, let him not leave her ; anda woman who has an unbelievinghusband, and yet he is agreeableto dwelling with her, let her notleave her husband."Matt. 19 :4-6 "Did you not readthat he who created them at thebeginning made them male andfemale and said : `For this reasona man will leave his father andhis mother and will stick to hiswife, and the two will be oneflesh'? So that they are no longertwo, but one flesh . Therefore,what God has yoked together letno man put apart ."1 Cor. 7 :15 "But if the unbelievingone proceeds to depart,let him depart ; a brother or asister is not in servitude undersuch circumstances, but God hascalled you to peace ."Death Severs Marriage Contract1 Cor. 7 :39 "A wife is boundduring all the time her husbandis alive."Rom . 7 :2, 3 "A married womanis bound by law to her husbandwhile he is alive ; but if her husbanddies, she is discharged fromthe law of her husband. So, then,while her husband is living, shewould be styled an adulteress ifshe became another man's. Butif her husband dies, she is freefrom his law, so that she is notan adulteress if she becomesanother man's ."Christian Grounds for DivorceMatt . 5:31, 32 "I say to you thateveryone divorcing his wife excepton account of fornicationMarriagemakes her a subject for adultery,seeing that whoever marries adivorced woman commits adultery."Matt. 19 : 8, 9 "Moses, out of regardfor your hardheartedness,made the concession to you ofdivorcing your wives, but suchhas not been the case from thebeginning . I say to you thatwhoever divorces his wife excepton the grounds of fornicationand marries another commitsadultery ."Mark 10 :11, 12 "Whoever divorceshis wife and marries anothercommits adultery againsther, and if ever a woman, afterdivorcing her husband, marriesanother, she commits adultery ."Also : Luke 16 :18 .Wrong to Forbid Marriage1 Tim . 4 :1-3 "In later periodsof time some will fall away fromthe faith, paying attention to misleadinginspired utterances andteachings of demons, . . . forbiddingto marry ."Christian Duties of the Husband1 Cor. 11 :3 "I want you toknow that the head of every manis the Christ ; in turn, the headof a woman is the man ; in turn,the head of Christ is God ."Eph . 5 :22-33 "Let wives be insubjection to their husbands as tothe Lord, because a husband ishead of his wife as the Christalso is head of the congregation,.so let wives also be to theirhusbands [subject] in everything .Husbands, continue loving yourwives, just as the Christ alsoloved the congregation . . . . In thisway husbands ought to be lovingtheir wives as their own bodies .He who loves his wife loves himself,. . . let each one of you individuallyso love his wife as hedoes himself ; on the other hand,the wife should have deep respectfor her husband ."Christian Duties of the Wife1 Pet. 3 :1-7 "You wives, be insubjection to your own husbands,