For true Christians only:?

Question

Is there at any point in the Bible where it states that if a woman is married to a man, and her husband strikes her, and is abusive to her, doesnt that make her technically free. cant find any good verse on it.

Answer 1

No, the only allowance for divorce is adultery. Even then, remarriage was not permitted.

Men were commanded to love their wives even as Christ loved them.

On a personal note, I do not think that God blesses and unites all marriages.........we can marry outside of His will.

Answer 2

For a wife or a husband to hit their spouse is a sin. But once doesn't give grounds for abuse and divorce.

A practice of abuse gives this reason! How?

First, if a Christian husband practices willful abuse on his spouse, then he is practicing willful sin which leads to damnation -- thus he may no longer be considered a Christian!
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Hebrews 10:26-27 For when we sin willfully after taking the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and of fire, a fervor that is going to devour the opposition. (ACV)
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Thus the person ceases to be Christian! Now, the point Paul made becomes important! Paul in the scripture below says that if the unbelieving mate consents to to dwell with the believer then stay.

Abusing and using violence against the believer is everything but consenting to live with the faithful mate. Of course, if there are reasonable church elders who have this view and can assist through such hard times, that makes the decision easier -- after all, God hates divorces.
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1 Corinthians 7:12-13 If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and this woman consents to dwell with him, he should not leave her. 13And whichever woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, she should not leave him.
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Answer 3

The Bible says at Eph 5:25-33 to treat your wife as you'd treat your own flesh and also compares the way husbands treat their wives to Christ treating the congregation. Jesus Christ would never abuse the congregation; he gave his very life in behalf of it. If a husband follows this example, he shouldn't be abusive towards her at all. It also says in Ps 11:5 that God hates those who love violence.

In view of these scriptures a wife could reason that she can leave her husband because of these extreme circumstances. She should also take note of 1 Cor 7:10, 11 which bring out that if she does leave her husband, she should remain unmarried as the only grounds for a Scriptural divorce is fornication. (Mt 5:32)

Answer 4

No........ there is no such quotings in Bible to my knowledge.

But if he strikes her (when he is out of control to impute his good will on her)for good reason to correct her then it should be taken for good and that women shouldn't blame him, But there is a verse to the ministers in 1Timothy :3 chapter that he should not be a striker( it means that it is his day to day behaviour that he beats his wife for any reason) but no where it is written that man should not strike wifes.

as the Head of house (ruler according to Bible) he may take some of this decision when he is out of control to bring desciplin in the house.

Please dont let this as a reason to free a women from wedlock. if so, you are defiling the relationship.

Answer 5

I am not sure about the specific instance you describe: abuse - but there are many resources on the internet that deal with the biblical issue of divorce, which is what the couple in your example would be doing if they separated.

Many of your Old Testament examples would be in Deut. 24, New Testament in Corinthians and some Ephesians

Happy studying!

(too many people are giving you a hard time with the way you phrased your question)

Answer 6

YES, I have to agree with you! I was searching and asking this exact question in 1995 when I divorced my EX for Adultery - which I did find in the Bible!

Peace Be Unto You - Allow God's Grace With You!

Take Care and God Bless!

Answer 7

The great debate for spousel abuse.
Lets look at the facts....#1 Love they neighbor as yourself. #2 If a man beats his wife,is he truly a believer.#3above all love is greater than all else. This whole matter would be handled by the elders,while they coud not grant divorce.They have a responsibility for her health.Perhaps she could return home,live with a female believer.But the church would try to reconsile this situation.But women had rights and where protected,even if they never returned. All the letters to the churches address this issue. In the early church all legal matters wrer handled by the church.

Answer 8

Technically. the only grounds for divorce that I remember reading is in the case of adultery. That doesn't mean that it isn't there. I can't imagine that God would expect anyone to stay in an abusive relationship. I'm gona ask my pastor what he knows about this subject. God bless!!

Answer 9

Yes, she can be free from her husband.

The Bible says on Colossians 3:19 -
"Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them."
(This speak regarding physical or verbal abuse)

The Bible says, “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that ...he has found some uncleanness in her, and HE WRITES her a certificate of divorce ...sends her out of his house ...and goes and BECOMES ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE, if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, THEN her former husband who divorced her MUST NOT TAKE HER BACK to be his wife...” (Deuteronomy 24:1-4). When WE have divorced our spouse from our own selfish heart, we can take them back — remarry them, if they have not already remarried. However, if they have already married someone else and their spouse divorced them or died, we are not allowed to marry them again. And if we do, it’s an abomination to God, for it brings sin on our home and country (See Deuteronomy 24:4).

Answer 10

Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3 both give guidance for a strong, healthy marriage based on mutual respect and self-sacrifice, but I don't know of any passage that says what you were talking about.