1 Corinthians 7:11

or 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.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

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.

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Cross References

Mark 10:2Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man 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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