Unfortunately, if your first wife is still living, then a second marriage is considered adultery in the eyes of God. Scripture makes this clear: “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her” (Mark 10:11), and again, “A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will” (1 Corinthians 7:39). The so-called exception clause in Matthew refers to sexual immorality discovered during the Jewish betrothal period, not permission for remarriage after divorce. Jesus affirmed that from the beginning, “What God has joined together, let not man separate” (Matthew 19:6).