1 Corinthians 7:11

Yet, if she separate, let her remain without a man, or unto her husband be reconciled. And let not a man put away his wife.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

10But those who have wives I command, yet not I, but my Lord, that the wife from her husband separate not.

12But to the rest I say, not my Lord, If a brother hath a wife who is not a believer, and she be willing to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

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Cross References

Mark 10:2And the Pharishee drew nigh, tempting him, and demanding whether it were lawful for a man to dismiss 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 →

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