1 Corinthians 7:10
And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
In Context
9But if they have no self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.
Cross References
Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Why? Because LORD has been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou have dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Matthew 19:3And Pharisees came to him, trying him, and saying to him, Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?
Luke 16:18Every man who divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery, and every man who marries her who has been divorced from a husband commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:12But to the rest I say, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and this woman consents to dwell with him, he should not leave her.
1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning the virgins I have no commandment of Lord, but I give an opinion, as having obtained mercy from Lord to be trustworthy.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:2-10
Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except… Read the whole commentary →