1 Corinthians 7:11

New American Bible - revised edition

—and if she does separate she must either remain single or become reconciled to her husband—and a husband should not divorce his wife.

Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: Where is the bill of divorce with which I dismissed your mother? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? It was for your sins you were sold, for your rebellions your mother was dismissed.

Jeremiah 3:1

If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and then becomes the wife of another, Can she return to the first? Would not this land be wholly defiled? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers, and yet you would return to me!—oracle of the Lord.

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. Teaching About Oaths.

Mark 10:12

and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” Blessing of the Children.

Mark 10:2

The Pharisees approached and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him.

Luke 16:18

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus.

1 Corinthians 7:10

To the married, however, I give this instruction (not I, but the Lord): A wife should not separate from her husband

1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest I say (not the Lord): if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she is willing to go on living with him, he should not divorce her;

Deuteronomy 22:19

and fine him one hundred silver shekels, which they shall give to the young woman’s father, because the man slandered a virgin in Israel. She shall remain his wife, and he may not divorce her as long as he lives.