1 Corinthians 7:12

To 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.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

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.

13And a woman who has an unbelieving husband--if he consents to live with her, let her not separate from him.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:6Thus much in the way of concession, not of command.

1 Corinthians 7:27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for 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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