 Joined: 7/4/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,470  Location: England Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)
|
Quote:
Moreover, to those who are married I give this enjoinment and order, direction and encouragement, definition and charge, admonishment and command, declaration and announcement, recommendation and exhortation, summoning and instruction, which is not mine but nevertheless, notwithstanding and on the contrary, it is the Sovereign Master’s*: do not let a woman and wife be separated or divided, sundered or parted, divorced or removed from her man and husband (but nevertheless, if a separation or division, sundering or parting, divorce or removing occurs, let her remain and abide, endure and live, last and persist, continue on and stay on as unmarried, existing without a spouse, or let her be reconciled and favourable received back into a relationship with her man and husband); and a man and husband is not to set free or release, let go of or dismiss, grant the permission to depart, send away or divorce his woman and wife. And to the rest of those who remain, I say and teach, maintain and affirm, direct and exhort, advise and point out (not the Sovereign Master*): if and whether some certain brother or fellow brethren has and holds, acquires and receives, owns and possesses an unfaithful and incredulous, unbelievable and untrustworthy, unreliable and disobedient, treacherous and crooked, unscrupulous and perverse, twisted and dishonest, warped and distorted, depraved, corrupt and mislead woman and wife, and she has the good will and kindly intent, benevolence and delight, desire and satisfaction, good pleasure and gracious purpose, wish and decree to dwell and live, inhabit and reside, abide and remain together with him, do not let him set free or release, let go of or dismiss her, grant her the permission to depart, send her away or divorce her. And if and whether some certain woman and wife has and holds, acquires and receives, owns and possesses an unfaithful and incredulous, unbelievable and untrustworthy, unreliable and disobedient, treacherous and crooked, unscrupulous and perverse, twisted and dishonest, warped and distorted, depraved, corrupt and mislead man and husband, and he has the pleasure and delight, joy and gladness to dwell and live, inhabit and reside, abide and remain together with her, do not let her set free or release, let go of or dismiss him, grant him the permission to depart, send him away or divorce her man and husband. For the reason that the unfaithful and incredulous, unbelievable and untrustworthy, unreliable and disobedient, treacherous and crooked, unscrupulous and perverse, twisted and dishonest, warped and distorted, depraved, corrupt and mislead man and husband has been sanctified, cleansed and set-apart in, by and with the woman and wife, and the unfaithful and incredulous, unbelievable and untrustworthy, unreliable and disobedient, treacherous and crooked, unscrupulous and perverse, twisted and dishonest, warped and distorted, depraved, corrupt and mislead woman and wife has been sanctified, cleansed and set-apart in, by and with the brother and fellow brethren. Otherwise, then and therefore, accordingly and as a result of this, your children, offspring and progeny would be and exist as unclean and defiled, dirty and filthy, indecent and impure, shameless and licentious, but nevertheless, they are now and exist at this present time as set-apart and cleansed. But nevertheless, if and whether the unfaithful and incredulous, unbelievable and untrustworthy, unreliable and disobedient, treacherous and crooked, unscrupulous and perverse, twisted and dishonest, warped and distorted, depraved, corrupt and mislead person causes a separation and division, sundering and parting, divorce and removal, let the separation and division, sundering and parting, divorce and removal take place. The brother and the sister who is a fellow member has not been enslaved or subjected to, under obligation or bound to, subjugated or subdued in, by or with such cases, but nevertheless, God* Himself has called and addressed, summoned and invited all of you in, by and with peace and tranquillity, harmony and concord, security and safety, prosperity and freedom, exemption from chaos, felicity and the assurance of salvation. For this reason, what do you see and perceive, observe and witness, know and experience, recognise and respect, understand and take note of, comprehend and discern, pay attention to and discover, notice and examine, inspect and behold, you who are the woman and wife, if or whether you shall deliver and preserve, save and rescue your man and husband from danger and destruction, ruin and annihilation? Or what do you see and perceive, observe and witness, know and experience, recognise and respect, understand and take note of, comprehend and discern, pay attention to and discover, notice and examine, inspect and behold, you who are the man and husband, if or whether you shall deliver and preserve, save and rescue your woman and wife from danger and destruction, ruin and annihilation?
Anyway, in this manner and way, thus and so, let each and every person walk and behave, live, conduct and regulate their lives, works and actions as, like and similar to the way that the Sovereign Master* has divided and distributed, bestowed and assigned, imparted and apportioned; as, like and similar to the way God* Himself has called and addressed, summoned and invited each and every person. And I arrange and appoint, ordain and regulate, prescribe and establish, order and direct, constitute and administer, determine and allot, command and instruct in this manner and way, thus and so within and inside all the individual and collective called out Ekklesia’s, assemblies and congregations.
I bolded the bit that stuck out for me... Notice he teaches Torah values on marriage first, then makes a separation and gives his opinion. This is a good example of why Pauls letters should not be used as Scripture. Great and wise dude and all, but he never meant them to replace Torah teaching... |