1 Corinthians 7:16

But God hath called us to peace; for how knowest thou, O wife, but thou shalt save thy husband; or how knowest thou, O husband, but thou shalt save thy wife?

1770 John Worsley NT

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 unbeliever depart, let them depart; a brother or a sister is not bound in such cases.

17However, as God hath distributed to every man, and as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk: and thus I order in all the churches.

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Cross References

Luke 15:10Thus, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God over one repenting sinner.

1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became as the weak, that I might gain the weak: I became all things to all men, that I might by every means save some.

James 5:19Brethren, if any among you be seduced from the truth, and one convert him;

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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