The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Ver. 39. She is at liberty] The Montanists therefore (and with them Tertullian in his old age) were in an error that condemned second marriage, and said it was no better than fornication. Secundas nuptias pro fornicationibus habent. (Aug) Howbeit that of Jerome is not to be disliked. Think daily of death; and that will be enough to forbid the banns of second marriage.