1 Corinthians 7:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

To the married I give this command—not I but the Lord—that the wife should not separate from her husband

Cross References

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Luke 16:18

“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:15

But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called us.

Jeremiah 3:20

Instead, as a faithless wife leaves her husband, so you have been faithless to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest I say—I and 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.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:6

This I say by way of concession, not of command.

1 Corinthians 7:40

But in my opinion she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.

Mark 10:2

Some, testing him, asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

1 Corinthians 7:11

(but if she does separate, let her remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband) and that the husband should not divorce his wife.