ed together, let not man put asunder. Mat. 19:6.

The Word of God fixes death as the limit to the bond of union. "For the
woman which hath a husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as
he liveth: but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her
husband. So then if while her husband liveth, she be married to another
man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is
free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to
another man." Rom. 7:2, 3. "The wife is bound by the law as long as her
husband liveth: but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be
married to whom she will; only in the Lord." 1 Cor. 7:39. "And he [Jesus]
saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another,
committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her
husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery." Mark 10:11,
12. In Mat. 19:9, we read, "And I say unto you, whosoever shall put away
his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another,
committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit
adultery."

Some have thought there was a lack of harmony in the teaching of Jesus as
recorded by Mark and Matthew. Mark makes the plain statement that
whosoever puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery. He
makes no exceptions. Matthew says, "Except it be for fornication." There
is no disagreement here. It is the prominent thought each has that makes
the difference in the statements. The truth that Mark wishes to teach is
that there is no just cause for a man marrying who has a divorced wife.
The plain statement is if a man puts away his wife and marries another he
commits adultery. There is no exception. There is no just cause for his
marrying, and if he does it is adultery, no matter what may be the cause
of divorcement. The truth that Matthew teaches is that there is one just
cause for putting away the wife. This is a just cause for putting her
away, but not for marrying again. Every one that divorces his wife, even
though it be for fornication, and marries another violates Mark 10:11 and
Luke 16:18. A man may put away his wife for fornication, and not
transgress a single text in the Bible. Fornication is the only just cause
for man to put away his wife, or the wife the husband.

Some have fallen into the dangerous error of putting away the wife because
the Scriptures say, "Be ye not unequally y