1 Corinthians 7:11

(or if she has already left him let her either remain as she is, or be reconciled to him), and also that a husband is not to put away his wife.

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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 to those already married my commandment is - and not mine, but the Lord’s - that a wife is not to leave her husband;

12To the rest it is I who am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let him not send her away.

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Cross References

Mark 10:2Presently some Pharisees came up and tested him, by asking if it was 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 →

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