How Amishs and Methodists view Second marriage

Amish Theology on Second Marriage

1. Malachi 2:16 – “For I hate divorce, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and I hate a man’s covering himself with violence as well as with his garment, says the Lord Almighty. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not break faith.”

2. Matthew 19:9 – “I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

3. 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 – “To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.”

4. Romans 7:2-3 – “For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.”

Methodist Theology on Second Marriage

1. Matthew 19:6 – “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

2. 1 Timothy 3:2 – “Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach.”

3. Luke 16:18 – “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”

4. 2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

5. Galatians 6:1 – “Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.”