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1 Corinthians 7:12

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

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

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.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

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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!

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 7:6

    But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:17

    That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:25

    Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

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  • Ezra 10:2–3

    And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

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  • Ezra 10:11–19

    Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

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