1 Corinthians 7:10
But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
In Context
9But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Cross References
Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Matthew 19:3And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful [for a man] to put away his wife for every cause?
Luke 16:18Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:12But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.
1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:2-10
Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except… Read the whole commentary →