1 Corinthians 7:14

New International Reader's Version

The unbelieving husband has been made holy through his wife. The unbelieving wife has been made holy through her believing husband. If that were not the case, your children would not be pure and “clean.” But as it is, they are holy.

Cross References

Isaiah 52:1

Wake up! Zion, wake up! Dress yourself with strength as if it were your clothes. Holy city of Jerusalem, put on your clothes of glory. Those who haven’t been circumcised will never enter you again. Neither will those who are “unclean.”

Acts 10:23

Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests. The next day Peter went with the three men. Some of the believers from Joppa went along.

Romans 11:16

The first handful of dough that is offered is holy. This makes all of the dough holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

1 Corinthians 7:13

And suppose a woman has a husband who is not a believer. If he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

1 Timothy 4:5

The word of God and prayer make it holy.

Titus 1:15

To people who are pure, all things are pure. But to those who have twisted minds and don’t believe, nothing is pure. In fact, their minds and their sense of what is right and wrong are twisted.