1 Corinthians 7:14
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.
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.
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
- ASV
- For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
- DARBY
- For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother; since [otherwise] indeed your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
- BLB
- For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother. Otherwise, then your⁺ children are unclean; but now they are holy.
- ÅB
- For den vantro mann er helliget ved sin hustru, og den vantro hustru er helliget ved broren; ellers var jo deres barn urene, men nå er de hellige.
- OTB
- For den ikke-troende mannen er helliget gjennom sin kone, og den ikke-troende kvinnen er helliget gjennom den troende mannen; ellers ville deres barn være urene, men nå er de hellige.
- B1930
- For den vantro mann er helliget ved sin hustru, og den vantro hustru er helliget ved broren; ellers var jo eders barn urene, men nu er de hellige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Malachi 2:15–16
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Read in context1 Timothy 4:5
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Read in contextIsaiah 52:1
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Read in contextTitus 1:15
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Read in contextRomans 11:16
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:15–17
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
Read in contextEzra 9:1–2
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
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