(Matt. 19:9)

Only “fornication” by one’s mate gives the other mate Scriptural grounds for dissolving the marriage with a view to remarrying.

Sexual relations outside the marriage provides the basis for divorce, if the innocent mate desires this; by the same token, if there is a resumption of sexual relations, forgiveness and a healing of the breach is to be understood. Otherwise, there is no real harmony of action with the extending of forgiveness.​—Matt. 19:9; 5:37.