1 Corinthians 7:12

The Scriptures 1998

And to the rest I say, not the Master: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she thinks well to live with him, let him not send her away.

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But if she is indeed separated, let her remain unmarried or be restored to favour with her husband, and let a husband not send away a wife.

And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he thinks well to live with her, let her not send him away.

And concerning maidens: I have no command from the Master, but I give judgment as one whom the Master in His compassion has made trustworthy.

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

And I say this as a concession, not as a command.

What I speak, I speak not according to the Master, but as in foolishness, in this boldness of boasting.