1 Corinthians 7:11

but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

Young's Literal Translation

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

10and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a husband:

12And to the rest I speak — not the Lord — if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:19and fined him a hundred silverlings, and given to the father of the damsel, because he hath brought out an evil name on a virgin of Israel, and she is to him for a wife, he is not able to send her away all his days.

Isaiah 50:1Thus said Jehovah: 'Where [is] this — the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.

Mark 10:2And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting 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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