1 Corinthians 7:11

And if she separate, let her remain without a husband, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the man put away his wife.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

10And on them who have wives, I enjoin,-not I, but my Lord,-that the woman separate not from her husband.

12And to the rest, say I,- I, not my Lord,-that if there be a brother, who hath a wife that believeth not, and she is disposed to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

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Cross References

Mark 10:2And the Pharisees came to him, and, tempting him, inquired if it were 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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