1 Corinthians 7:11

But if she have departed, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled to her husband; and let the husband not put away his wife.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

In Context

10And the married not I command, but the Lord, that the wife depart not from the husband.

12But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife that believes not, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

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Cross References

Mark 10:2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, if it is lawful for a man to put away a wife, tempting 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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