KJV 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.
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1 Corinthians 7:12
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
WEB World English Bible
But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
ASV American Standard Version
But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And 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;
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 7
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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 an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΤοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenλοιποῖςG3062 · loiposremainingλέγωG3004 · legōto sayἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weοὐχG3756 · ounoὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκύριος,G2962 · kurioslord: GodεἴG1487 · eiifτιςG5100 · tisoneἀδελφὸςG80 · adelphosbrotherγυναῖκαG1135 · gunēwomanἔχειG2192 · echōto have/beἄπιστονG571 · apistosunbelievingκαὶG2532 · kaiandαὕτηG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itσυνευδοκεῖG4909 · suneudokeōto agree toοἰκεῖνG3611 · oikeōto dwellμετ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterαὐτοῦ,G846 · autosit/s/heμὴG3361 · mēnotἀφιέτωG863 · aphiēmito release: leaveαὐτήν·G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 11:17That which I speak, I speak [it] not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.1 Corinthians 7:6But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment.1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.Ezra 10:11-19Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.Ezra 10:2-3And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
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