Instead, as a faithless wife leaves her husband, so you have been faithless to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 To the married I give this command—not I but the Lord—that the wife should not separate from her husband Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But to the married people I give charge–not I but the Lord–that the wife is not to separate from her husband. American Standard Version (1901) But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband Common English Bible I’m passing on the Lord’s command to those who are married: A wife shouldn’t leave her husband, Catholic Public Domain Version But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband. |
Instead, as a faithless wife leaves her husband, so you have been faithless to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord.
But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
(but if she does separate, let her remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband) and that the husband should not divorce his wife.
To the rest I say—I and not the Lord—that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called us.
Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
But in my opinion she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.