This article addresses the dynamic that often develops when an offender (adulterer or otherwise) repents, and forgiveness is promised, but the relationship is not restored because of the motives of the victim’s heart. The roles are reversed, and the victim becomes the offender. The author shows how the gospel provides the way for believers to escape this pattern.

This article addresses the struggle of a repentant adulterer, and the issue of informing his or her spouse about the sin, giving biblical guidance in resolving the question.