¹⁰ But to the married I give instructions, ^(A)not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not ^[a]leave her husband ¹¹ (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not ^[b]divorce his wife.

¹² But to the rest ^(B)I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not ^[c]divorce her. ¹³ And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not ^[d]send her husband away. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through ^[e]her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are ^(C)holy. ¹⁵ Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called ^[f]us ^[g](D)to peace. ¹⁶ For how do you know, O wife, whether you will ^(E)save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

⁷ They *said to Him, “^(A)Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” ⁸ He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to ^[a]divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. ⁹ And I say to you, ^(B)whoever ^[b]divorces his wife, except for ^[c]immorality, and marries another woman ^[d]commits adultery^[e].”