1 Corinthians 7:16

For how do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? or how do you know, O man, whether you shall save your wife?

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In The King James Version

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

In Context

15But if the unbelieving one departs, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: for God has called us to peace.

17But as the Lord has assigned to every man, as God has called every one, so let him walk. And this is my rule in all the churches.

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Cross References

Luke 15:10Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak: I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

James 5:19Brethren, if any of you strays from the truth, and someone brings him back;

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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