1 Corinthians 7:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁶ For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For, wife, how can you be sure of converting and saving your husband? Husband, how can you be sure of converting and saving your wife?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ How do you know as a wife if you will save your husband? Or how do you know as a husband if you will save your wife?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

1 Corinthians 7:16 Cross References

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Luke 15:10

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Romans 11:14

if by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

1 Corinthians 9:22

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

1 Timothy 4:16

Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.