Translations:Does Joseph's intent to divorce Mary show that the death penalty for adultery was not mandatory?/48/en

Kayser claims: "Paul is applying the Old Testament when he tells believers not to leave unbelievers who are willing to dwell with them." This claim actually has nothing to do with "proven" adultery as a valid ground for divorce, or with the alleged Biblical requirement to get civil government permission before issuing a divorce certificate. Paul is simply telling Christians who converted after they were married not to separate from their spouses (divorce), merely because their spouses were still non-Christians. This is not comparable to the case in Ezra, where the men willingly entered into Biblically-illegal "marriages."