1 Corinthians 7:12

Concerning the rest, I am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11But if she has separated from him, she must remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.

13And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce her husband.

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Cross References

Ezra 10:2And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, from the sons of Elam, responded and said to Ezra: “We have sinned against our God, and have taken foreign wives from the peoples of the land. And now, if there is repentance within Israel over this,

1 Corinthians 7:6But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.

1 Corinthians 7:27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.

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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