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* RomancingTheWidow: This is permitted only if the woman was deprived of her spouse through death or allowable divorce; everything else is still moral adultery, even the law of the land permitted it.

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* RomancingTheWidow: This is permitted only if the woman was deprived of her spouse through death or allowable divorce; everything else is still moral adultery, even if the law of the land otherwise permitted it.
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We should not leave out who is responsible for the "cure"


-->"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, '''nor homosexuals'''[[note]]This is a translation of the Greek word [[https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g733/kjv/tr/0-1/ ἀρσενοκοῖται]] (''arsenokoitai''), which has several debatable translations. More about it on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_and_homosexuality#1_Corinthians_6:9%E2%80%9311;_1_Timothy_1:8%E2%80%9311 this section]] of Website/{{Wikipedia}}.[[/note]], nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. '''And such were some of you — but you have been washed, sanctified, and justified'''."

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-->"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, '''nor homosexuals'''[[note]]This is a translation of the Greek word [[https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g733/kjv/tr/0-1/ ἀρσενοκοῖται]] (''arsenokoitai''), which has several debatable translations. More about it on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_and_homosexuality#1_Corinthians_6:9%E2%80%9311;_1_Timothy_1:8%E2%80%9311 this section]] of Website/{{Wikipedia}}.[[/note]], nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. '''And such were some of you — but you have been washed, sanctified, and justified'''.justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God'''."
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* WidowWoman: Paul says in 1st Corinthians 7:39-40 that if a believing woman's husband dies, she is free to marry whoever she wants, but she must marry someone is already a believer ("only in the Lord"), although in his Spirit-led opinion he believes she would be happier if she remains single as a widow.

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