To the rest I say (I, 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.
What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would but as a fool.
Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
(but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.
If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.