1 Corinthians 7:10

But to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine, but the Lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

In Context

9If, however, they cannot maintain self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

11or if she has already left him, let her either remain as she is or be reconciled to him; and that a husband is not to send away his wife.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:3Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"

Luke 16:18Every man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:12To the rest it is I who speak--not the Lord. If a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, let him not send her away.

1 Corinthians 7:25Concerning unmarried women I have no command to give you from the Lord; but I offer you my opinion, which is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:2-10

Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except… Read the whole commentary →

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