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1 Corinthians 7:11

MarriageConflict and reconciliationForgiving others

9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

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BSB
But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
KJV
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
WEB
(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
ASV
(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.
DARBY
(but if also she shall have been separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband;) and let not husband leave wife.
BLB
But if indeed she might be separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to the husband; and a husband is not to send away a wife.
ÅB
men er hun skilt fra ham, da vedbli hun å være ugift eller forlike seg med sin mann - og at en mann ikke skal skille seg fra sin hustru.
OTB
(Men hvis hun gjør det, må hun forbli ugift eller ellers bli forsonet med sin mann), og en mann skal ikke skille seg fra sin kone.
B1930
men er hun skilt fra ham, da vedbli hun å være ugift eller forlike sig med sin mann - og at en mann ikke skal skille sig fra sin hustru.

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  • Jeremiah 3:1

    They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:10

    And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

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  • Deuteronomy 22:19

    And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

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  • Isaiah 50:1

    Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

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  • Judges 19:2–3

    And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.

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  • Mark 10:2

    And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

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