1 Corinthians 7:11
(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
World English Bible
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In Context
10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:19They shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. She shall be his wife. He may not put her away all his days.
Isaiah 50:1The LORD says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.
Mark 10:2Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his 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 →