The case against divorce in the bible is found in the Book of Matthew 19:6, So they are no longer two but one. Therefore what God has joined together let man not separate.

Every christian dating couple must recognize that however careful they may be in selection, and however hard they may try to make it succeed, their marriage may fail, just as one or the other may die.

A recognition of this possibility is quite different, however, from the attitude of "oh well, we'll try it. If it doesn't work out we can always get a divorce." Young people who are willing to make a serious effort to succeed have every reason to expect success.

A determination to succeed can often compensate for other limitations. Those who have an awareness of their partners' difficulties were thus in a far better position than many couples who are suddenly tripped by problems which they had not foreseen.

The points which I have mentioned of background, character traits, and personality traits are all important.

But none is a substitute for the will to success. Without that, people ideally mated otherwise may drift apart and break up. With this, many other limitations can and are overcome.