But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.Matthew 5:32
Original language and places
Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.
Original language (Greek)
ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας ποιεῖ αὐτὴν μοιχευθῆναι· καὶ ὃς ἐὰν ἀπολελυμένην γαμήσῃ, μοιχᾶται.
- ἐγὼegō“I myself”Personal pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G1473
- δὲde“however”Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
- λέγωlegō“say”Verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person singular · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
- ὑμῖνhumin“to you”Personal pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
- ὅτιhoti“that”Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
- πᾶςpas“everyone”Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “all” · Strong's G3956
- ὁho“who”Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- ἀπολύωνapoluōn“is divorcing”Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἀπολύω · “to release” · Strong's G0630H
- τὴνtēn“the”Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- γυναῖκαgunaika“wife”Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from γυνή · “woman” · Strong's G1135H
- αὐτοῦautou“of him”Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- παρεκτὸςparektos“except”Preposition · from παρεκτός · “except” · Strong's G3924
- λόγουlogou“on account”Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from λόγος · “word” · Strong's G3056
- πορνείαςporneias“of sexual immorality”Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from πορνεία · “sexual sin” · Strong's G4202
- ποιεῖpoiei“causes”Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ποιέω · “to do/make” · Strong's G4160G
- αὐτὴνautēn“her”Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- μοιχευθῆναι·moicheuthēnai“to be adulterated;”Verb, aorist, passive, infinitive · from μοιχεύω · “to commit adultery” · Strong's G3431
- καὶkai“And”Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
- ὃςhos“who[ever]”Relative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · from ὅς, ἥ · “which” · Strong's G3739
- ἐὰνean“if”Conditional · from ἐάν · “if” · Strong's G1437
- ἀπολελυμένηνapolelumenēn“divorced”Verb, perfect, passive, participle, accusative, singular, feminine · from ἀπολείπω · “to leave” · Strong's G0620
- γαμήσῃ,gamēsē“shall marry,”Verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular · from γαμέω · “to marry” · Strong's G1060
- μοιχᾶται.moichatai“commits adultery.”Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), indicative, 3rd person singular · from μοιχάω · “to commit adultery” · Strong's G3429
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)