What If I Marry the Wrong Person?
1) Direct Answer
If you are not yet married and you know it is wrong, stop and wait on God. If you are already married, keep your covenant. Regret is not a Bible reason to break a marriage. God can redeem a hard union when you walk in His order. Only clear scriptural grounds release a believer.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Before marriage: “Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers” (2 Corinthians 6:14). “In the Lord” is the rule (1 Corinthians 7:39).
- After marriage: “What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder” (Matthew 19:6). God hates putting away (Malachi 2:14–16).
- The Lord’s command: “Let not the wife depart… but and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled… and let not the husband put away his wife” (1 Corinthians 7:10–11).
- Exception Jesus gave: “Except it be for fornication” (sexual immorality) (Matthew 5:32; 19:9).
- Unequally yoked after the fact: If the unbelieving spouse is pleased to dwell, do not leave; if the unbeliever departs, “a brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace” (1 Corinthians 7:12–15).
- The binding nature of marriage: while the spouse lives, the covenant stands (Romans 7:2–3).
- The way forward inside the covenant: wives win husbands by a chaste life (1 Peter 3:1–2); husbands love as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- The Bible never says, “If you married the wrong person, you may leave.” It says, “Let not man put asunder.” So “wrong” feelings don’t undo a vow God witnessed.
- If an unbelieving spouse refuses to live in peace and departs, the believer is “not under bondage.” This however is not a license to remarry. But if they will dwell in peace, stay and be a light.
- If safety is at stake, separation can be used for protection (1 Corinthians 7:11) while seeking God’s order. Holiness never requires you to remain in harm’s way, but it also does not make regret a license for divorce.
- God can turn “wrong” into “holy” when you submit the home to His Word—repent, forgive, pray, and live the covenant. He honors His order.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Now notice, the way out of a troubled marriage is rarely out—it’s up. Bring the home under the Word, seek peace, and let the Lord make bitter waters sweet. Where Scripture gives no release, faithfulness is the path—and God meets those who honor their vows.
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A man running from the presence of the Lord
65-0217 §36
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Palmerworm, locust, cankerworm and caterpillar
53-0612 §21
...t go down and say, "Now, looky here. I'm healing my hand with leprosy. You see? And I'm taking this..." He did it once. And then said, "Come on. Follow me." But that's been wrong. Everybody has rallied to see the gift work. Everybody has rallied to see this work. And every person that they think... If God don't tell them just what's in their life and how it's going to outcome, they can't step out for faith. It's--it'll become such a thing, like the brass serpent was, one of these days. The prophet run in there and...
Questions and Answers, Part 1
64-0823M §157
Now, all you do, Brother or Sister (might be a young person or old, whatever it is), you said ... Just can't find themselves so they can completely surrender. Just give yourself over. "Lord, my thinking, my all that I am, I want to give to You. My life, I give as a life of service. Take me, Lord, and use me just as I am." And it's such a simple thing; I wish the church could really... I believe if the tabernacle now, benefiting on these questions... Do you like them? All right. It'll help a little. Now look, on thi...
Church Order
63-1226 §58
...bout the tapes? (It's got a question mark.) As, many are writing the office and blaming you for the action on the tapes. Also, about others around the church selling tapes, if Mr. Maguire has to pay royalties on them. All right. The tapes is by a contract. And if I ... I don't know just exactly when the contract is expired, but the trustees, this belongs to the trustees; not the deacons, the trustees; not the pastor, trustees. The trustees, every so often, they write a contract, as I understand it. And if this is w...
Revelation, Chapter 4c Throne of mercy and judgement
61-0108 §76
...o you believe that all these people that's trinitarians are of hell?" No, sir. I believe they are Christians. But the hour is approaching, brother, where they are sincerely wrong. Any man, anywhere, any time, that wants to talk on the subject, come to me---any minister, bishop, archbishop, whatever you might be. And this is taped, will go around the world. I ask in brotherly love, for any person that hears me on this tape around the world, that will come to me and show me one text of Scripture or one paragraph in a...