1 Corinthians 7:12

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To the rest I say, 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.

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(but if she does, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband)—and that 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.

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

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.

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

(What I am saying I say not with the Lord's authority but as a fool, in this boastful confidence;