Saving for the cause of fornication (παρεκτος λογου πορνειας). An unusual phrase that perhaps means "except for a matter of unchas…

It has been said, etc. That is, by Moses, in Deuteronomy 24:1-2. The husband was directed, if he put his wife away, to give her a bill of …

Saving for the cause of fornication — The most general term seems intentionally used to include premarital as well as post-marital…

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put a…

Glossa Ordinaria: The Lord previously taught us that our neighbor's wife is not to be coveted; He now proceeds to teach that o…

This two-verse unit carries further the argument of the preceding section. The OT not only points toward insisting that lust is the moral equivalen…

Causeth her to commit adultery. As the bill of divorcement bore, that the woman had been loosed from her former husband, and migh…

But I say unto you; that whosoever has put away his wife ,
&c.] Christ does not infringe, or revoke the original gra…

Victory over the desires of the heart must be accompanied by painful exertions. But it must be done.

And it hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. After having fulfilled the …