Breaking Covenants

Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow. …

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.