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Pilgrim said:
speratus,

Do you suffer from the modern so-called "affliction" of A.D.D.? You really need to READ [Linked Image] both what Paul wrote and what I also have written which is totally in agreement with Paul. The text you refer to was written in regard to those WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN MARRIED. The situation described by ELECT is one of two UNMARRIED individuals who engaged in the sin of fornication and consequently pregnancy resulted. There is no marriage involved. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/rolleyes2.gif" alt="" />

In His grace,

The situation described by ELECT appears to be a betrothed couple where the wedding has not yet taken place, "He is committed to my sister and his child but they are not yet married."

If you agreed with Paul, you would not suggest that a betrothed Christian should break an engagement to a non-Christian in clear violation of scripture. Christians are not under the Mosiac law of betrothal but they delight in obeying the moral law of God. They do not bear false witness by welshing on their engagement promise of fidelity to a non-Christian spouse. They do not defraud their non-Christian spouse by abandoning him or her without cause. They do not covet a Christian spouse when they are pledged and promised to a non-Christian spouse.