1 Corinthians 7:12
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
13 And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
- ASV
- But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.
- DARBY
- But as to the rest, *I* say, not the Lord, If any brother have an unbelieving wife, and *she* consent to dwell with him, let him not leave her.
- BLB
- Now to the rest I say (I, not the Lord): If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to dwell with him, let him not send her away.
- ÅB
- Til de andre sier jeg, ikke Herren: Dersom en bror har en vantro hustru, og hun samtykker i å bo hos ham, da skille han seg ikke fra henne!
- OTB
- Til de andre sier jeg, ikke Herren, at hvis noen bror har en kone som ikke er troende og hun er villig til å leve med ham, skal han ikke skille seg fra henne.
- B1930
- Til de andre sier jeg, ikke Herren: Dersom en bror har en vantro hustru, og hun samtykker i å bo hos ham, da skille han sig ikke fra henne!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 7:6
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:17
In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:25
Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
Read in contextEzra 10:2–3
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
Read in contextEzra 10:11–19
Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”
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