1 Corinthians 7:12

To all others I say – I, not the Master – If a follower of the Lord is married to a woman, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with him, he should not divorce her;

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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

11(If she has done so, she should remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to divorce his wife.

13and a woman who is married to a man, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with her, should not divorce her husband.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:6I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.

1 Corinthians 7:27Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for 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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