1 Corinthians 7:16

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 depart, let him depart. For a brother or sister is not under servitude in such cases. But God hath called us in peace.

17But as the Lord hath distributed to every one, as God hath called every one, so let him walk: and so in all churches I teach.

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Cross References

Luke 15:10So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

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

James 5:19My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert 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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