Adultery is out of the heart

Matthew 15:19
For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all other sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.

No adulterers go to heaven

1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God.

God will judge the adulterer

Hebrew 13:4
Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery

Adultery can be avoided

Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do.

Shun adultery!

Proverbs 6:20-35

20My son, obey your father's commands, and don't neglect your mother's teaching. 21Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck. 22Wherever you walk, their counsel can lead you. When you sleep, they will protect you. When you wake up in the morning, they will advise you. 23For these commands and this teaching are a lamp to light the way ahead of you. The correction of discipline is the way to life.

24These commands and this teaching will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of an adulterous woman. 25Don't lust for her beauty. Don't let her coyness seduce you. 26For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, and sleeping with another man's wife may cost you your very life. 27Can a man scoop fire into his lap and not be burned? 28Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet? 29So it is with the man who sleeps with another man's wife. He who embraces her will not go unpunished.

30Excuses might be found for a thief who steals because he is starving. 31But if he is caught, he will be fined seven times as much as he stole, even if it means selling everything in his house to pay it back.

32But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys his own soul. 33Wounds and constant disgrace are his lot. His shame will never be erased. 34For the woman's husband will be furious in his jealousy, and he will have no mercy in his day of vengeance. 35There is no compensation or bribe that will satisfy him.

The adulteress' snare leads to misery

Proverbs 7:1-27

Another Warning about Immoral Women

1Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands. 2Obey them and live! Guard my teachings as your most precious possession. 3Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. 4Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family. 5Let them hold you back from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of an adulterous woman.

6I was looking out the window of my house one day 7and saw a simpleminded young man who lacked common sense. 8He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman. He was strolling down the path by her house 9at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in. 10The woman approached him, dressed seductively and sly of heart. 11She was the brash, rebellious type who never stays at home. 12She is often seen in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner.

13She threw her arms around him and kissed him, and with a brazen look she said, 14"I've offered my sacrifices and just finished my vows. 15It's you I was looking for! I came out to find you, and here you are! 16My bed is spread with colored sheets of finest linen imported from Egypt. 17I've perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18Come, let's drink our fill of love until morning. Let's enjoy each other's caresses, 19for my husband is not home. He's away on a long trip. 20He has taken a wallet full of money with him, and he won't return until later in the month."
21So she seduced him with her pretty speech. With her flattery she enticed him. 22He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter or like a trapped stag, 23awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.

24Listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to my words. 25Don't let your hearts stray away toward her. Don't wander down her wayward path. 26For she has been the ruin of many; numerous men have been her victims. 27Her house is the road to the grave. Her bedroom is the den of death.

God forgives the sin of adultery and frees the sinner from it

Psalm 32; Psalm 51
(David pleaded for God's forgiveness and expresed his joy after being forgiven)

Looking on a woman lustfully is adultery; spiritual surgery is needed

Matthew 5:27-30
27"You have heard that the law of Moses says, `Do not commit adultery.' 28But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust in his eye has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29So if your eye--even if it is your good eye--causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30And if your hand--even if it is your stronger hand--causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Anyone who marries a wrongfully divorced woman commits adultery

Matthew 5:31-32
31"You have heard that the law of Moses says, `A man can divorce his wife by merely giving her a letter of divorce.' 32But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Anyone who divorces his or her spuse for any reason other than adultery and marries another commits adultery

Matthew 19:9
And I tell you this, a man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery--unless his wife has been unfaithful

This has me worried,I am married to a divorced woman.I was saved before I was married but I dont feel I was really saved since I didnt even attempt to repent of sin afterward.Im just terribly worried Ive been livng in adultery now,without knowing it but that doesnt make it any better.As far as I know she divorced to get away from abuse.I just dont know if Deut24:1-4 applies here since she initiated the divorce.Any of you more knowledged of the Word have an opinion of this?And if this is adultery would the only way to repent be divorce?

Ask for forgiveness and God will forgive you through Christ.

Seek repentance while you realize you need to and seek the Holy Spirit's guidance in your life.

GOD can fix all things!

Im just confused,would I have to get a divorce to truly repent from this sin?

GetSaved....we live in a constant state of Grace......and once redemed by the blood of Christ.. God sees Christ in you and not your sin. One thing God is very clear about is Divorse "I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel..."Malachi 2:16

based on this this verse alone I don't think God would be please if you divorced your wife to try and fix a sin....We are saved by grace alone and not by works [Ephesians 2:8-9]

Thanks for the replies,feels like a giant burden off my chest now.God Bless.

Whew, this is a hot topic. The reason God hates divorce is it tears people apart. Divorce was allowed even under the old covenant (det 24: 1-4), but God still hates it. Jesus death, burial and resurrection covered the sin of divorce and you can not undo what has been done. So live with your new wife in peace. To reveal Gods love and grace, look at John chapter 8, the women caught in Adultery. Under the Law she should have been stoned. However, Jesus was revealing the Father to the world (John 14: 9) and he stated in that verse that if you have seen me, you have seen the Father. Jesus in John chapter 8 forgave the women, but stated, go and sin no more. Not only did he forgive the women, but the men who brought her he forgave also. Now, this is my opinion, but when Jesus asked the men who brought her to him. He said. Let him AMONG YOU, without sin, cast the first stone. We see the men dropping their rocks from the Oldest to the Youngest. I believe it signifies, they all were involved in adultery at one time, and possibly with this women. He said, let him among you, meaning to me, you all have committed this sin, who are you to start tossing rocks? Under law, you should have been stoned also.

Many people today are under such condemnation about divorce. Gods’ best is that it never happens. However, when you find abuse, adultery time and time again, mental and physical abuse, I firmly believe that the covenant of marriage has been broken. Many couples are victims and should not be penalized for their partner’s transgression. Its funny, we treat divorce as an unpardonable sin, yet its not even listed in the six things God hates in proverbs 6: 16-19.

I would advise anyone to do their best not to divorce, but if they have been, then ask God to forgive them if they were the cause and move on in life. As far as I Tim 3: 2 stating a deacon must have one wife, he is talking about a man not having many wives. This is not about divorce. It means at the time of his position, he can not have many wives, just one. Divorce is not the issue here.

This is one of the passages that has always confused me.

Um...what about spousal abuse? Or what if the spouse is molesting the children? I know a woman who divorced a man guilty of both -- is she an adulteress because she remarried?

And how come Mark's version of this (Mark 10:10-12) doesn't include the "but for adultery" part and just basically says don't get divorced at all?

The different writers in the gospels speak differently so it is always good to read each one to see how they interpret what was said by Jesus.

God does hate divorce but loves the person.

I do not have the answers why it is not covered for other reasons like you have quoted sister Janette.

God bless

Janette,

I believe when you are getting married you are entering a covenant with the person you marry. So, as a covenant partner, both parties have to honor each other in a way that glorifies GOD who is the creator of marriage.

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7

In that scripture it says the wife is the weaker vessel, that means husbands have to act with honor and kind consideration to her as she is also GOD's vessel. When a husband abuses a spouse or child they are violating the purpose and trust GOD has placed on them to protect and provide for them. Therefore they are no longer honoring the covenant and are making it ungodly. If this person does not repent and ask forgiveness, they no longer have a right to that covenant and it can be broken.

GOD is a GOD who forgives and restores, so if someone divorces for whatever reason GOD can restore them and make them an honourable person that can marry again and glorify GOD in that marriage.