1 Corinthians 7:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² To the rest I declare–I, not the Lord [for Jesus did not discuss this]–that if any brother has a wife who does not believe [in Christ] and she consents to live with him, he should not leave or divorce her.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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.

Common English Bible

¹² I’m telling everyone else (the Lord didn’t say this specifically): If a believer has a wife who doesn’t believe, and she agrees to live with him, then he shouldn’t divorce her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Concerning the rest, I am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she consent to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

1 Corinthians 7:12 Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:11

(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.

1 Corinthians 7:13

And if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce the husband.

1 Corinthians 7:25

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.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

1 Corinthians 7:6

This I say by way of concession, not of command.

2 Corinthians 11:17

What I am saying in regard to this boastful undertaking, I am saying not with the Lord’s authority but as a fool;