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"But even if she does depart,

Did you overlook that....How does she depart but divorce?

And a husband is not to divorce his wife.

Did you overlook that... a husband can't.

" But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so...."

Now what? It's OK to 'sin' sometimes?

"I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel, "and I hate a man's covering himself with violence as well as with his garment," says the LORD Almighty. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith.

Did you EVER gossip in your life? He HATES that also.

[aimhigh]

Gossip isn’t connected to the word ‘commandment’. Divorce is. It sounds like you are trying to justify yourself.