1 Corinthians 7:16

And how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

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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 departs, let him depart. For a brother or sister cannot be made subject to servitude in this way. For God has called us to peace.

17However, let each one walk just as the Lord has distributed to him, each one just as God has called him. And thus do I teach in all the churches.

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Cross References

Luke 15:10So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant.”

1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.

James 5:19My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone 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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