1 Corinthians 7:16

For how do thou know, O wife, whether thou will save thy husband? Or how will thou know, O husband, whether thou will save thy wife?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

In Context

15But if the unbeliever separates, he shall separate. The brother or the sister has not been bound in such things. And God has called us to peace.

17Except, as God has distributed to each man, as the Lord has called each, so let him walk. And so I command in all the congregations.

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Cross References

Luke 15:10Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.

1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.

James 5:19Brothers, if any man among you may be led astray from the truth, and some man converts him,

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:11-17

Inviolability of the Marriage Bond. ( a. d. 57.) 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. 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 a husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell… Read the whole commentary →

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