QUESTION: Would it be scriptural for a Christian to remarry after his wife had departed with the statement that she was just baptized, but did not believe?
ANSWER: The scriptures are binding upon all people everywhere, whether they are Christians or not! If the divorce was not “for the cause of fornication” (Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19:9), neither the husband nor the wife can scripturally remarry. If the “cause” for the divorce was fornication, with one party being totally innocent (that is, he or she did not contribute in any way to the guilty party’s sin), the innocent one is free to remarry.