1 Corinthians 7:10

Weymouth NT

But to those already married my instructions are –yet not mine, but the Lord's– that a wife is not to leave her husband;

Cross References

Matthew 5:32

But I tell you that every man who puts away his wife except on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery.

Mark 10:2

Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question–seeking to entrap Him, »May a man divorce his wife?«

Luke 16:18

Every man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:11

or if she has already left him, let her either remain as she is or be reconciled to him; and that a husband is not to send away his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest it is I who speak–not the Lord. If a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, let him not send her away.

1 Corinthians 7:15

If, however, the unbeliever is determined to leave, let him or her do so. Under such circumstances the Christian man or woman is no slave; God has called us to live lives of peace.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Concerning unmarried women I have no command to give you from the Lord; but I offer you my opinion, which is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.

1 Corinthians 7:40

But in my judgement, her state is a more enviable one if she remains as she is; and I also think that I have the Spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 7:6

Thus much in the way of concession, not of command.