Restoring a marriage is a far more complex and involved issue than can be addressed in a simple article. Very likely, there are years of hurt behind every cruel word, and quite possibly a lifetime of differences in personality and upbringing behind every misunderstanding.
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. | Romans 8:28
Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. | Romans 7:3
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. | 1 Corinthians 7:39
And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery. | Matthew 19:9
But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. | Malachi 2:14
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. | Romans 5:8
But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. | 1 Corinthians 7:15
But if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. | 1 Corinthians 7:11
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. | Ephesians 4:32
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. | 1 Corinthians 11:3
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. | James 1:12
Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. | Malachi 2:15
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. | Luke 16:18
For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. | Romans 7:2
God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? | Numbers 23:19
He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female. | Matthew 19:4
He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. | Matthew 19:8
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. | 1 John 1:9
It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce. | Matthew 5:31
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. | James 1:5
For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless. | Malachi 2:16
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. | Hebrews 13:4
So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. | Matthew 19:6
They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” | Matthew 19:7
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. | Genesis 2:24
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” | Genesis 2:18
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband | 1 Corinthians 7:10
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. | 1 Corinthians 7:10-11
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. | Ephesians 5:31
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. | Ephesians 5:22
As men and women standing for the restoration of our marriages, it’s very important for us to know and understand what the Bible tells us about everything concerning our relationship with the Lord and His perfect plan for marriage.