I know this is a side thing to the remarriage, but I'm curious.
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Originally Posted by aussiemama
Two people having sex without wanting to commit in marriage, although married technically, are still fornicators.
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Sex = marriage?
No (public/private?) commitment = fornication?
So what about the woman at the well?
John 4:16-18 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
There seems to be bit more to it than just sharing flesh.
Isaac and Rebekah isn't a good example because they had their marriage all arranged before she left her home and family to travel with the servant who went there to bring a wife back...and then once she got there upon seeing her he took her to his tent and to wife.
What of the case of Dinah? It was a forced joining, but no one considered it a marriage on either side just because he lay with her.