1 Corinthians 7:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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 and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:13

And the woman which hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgement, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

1 Corinthians 7:6

But this I say by way of permission, not of commandment.

2 Corinthians 11:17

That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.