1 Corinthians 7:12

English Majority Text Version

But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, let him not divorce her.

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and even if she does separate, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband--and a husband is not to divorce his wife.

And a wife who has an unbelieving husband, if he consents to live with her, let her not divorce him.

Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord; but I give judgment, as having received mercy by the Lord to be faithful.

Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Have you been released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.

What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.