1 Corinthians 7:12

And 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.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

11And if she separate, let her remain without a husband, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the man put away his wife.

13And that woman, who hath a husband that believeth not, and he is disposed to dwell with her let her not forsake her husband.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:6But this I say, as to weak persons, not of positive precept.

1 Corinthians 7:27Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not a release. Art thou free from a wife? Seek not 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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