1 Corinthians 7:12

For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she consent to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

11And if she depart, that she remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.

13And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not, and he consent to dwell with her, let her not put away her husband.

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Cross References

Ezra 10:2And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this,

1 Corinthians 7:6But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

1 Corinthians 7:27Art thou bound to a wife ? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not 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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