New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Corinthians 7:10-16

10But to the married I give instructions, 1not I, but the Lord, that the wife is not to leave her husband 11(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband is not to 2divorce his wife.

12But to the rest 3I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he must not 4divorce her. 13And 5if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not 6divorce her husband. 14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through 7her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are 8holy. 15Yet if the unbelieving one is leaving, 9let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called 10us 11in peace. 16For how do you know, wife, whether you will 12save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

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Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 7:10 Mal 2:16; Matt 5:32; 19:3-9; Mark 10:2-12; Luke 16:18; 1 Cor 7:6 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 7:11 Or leave his wife ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 7:12 1 Cor 7:6; 2 Cor 11:17 ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 7:12 Or leave her ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 7:13 One early ms any woman who has ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 7:13 Or leave her husband ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 7:14 Lit the brother ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 7:14 Ezra 9:2; Mal 2:15 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 7:15 Or then he must leave ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 7:15 One early ms you ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 7:15 Rom 14:19 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 7:16 Rom 11:14; 1 Pet 3:1 ↩

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