1 Corinthians 7:10
But to the married I give commandment, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife leave her husband:
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 can not be continent, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
Cross References
Matthew 19:3And the Pharisees came to him to tempt him, and said to him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Luke 16:18Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:12But to the rest, I, and not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife that believes not, and she is well pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
1 Corinthians 7:25But with respect to virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that is enabled, by the mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.
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 →