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1 Corinthians 7:12-16
Legacy Standard Bible

12 But to the rest (A)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 [a]divorce her. 13 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through [b]her believing husband. For otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are (B)holy. 15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave. The brother or the sister is not enslaved in such cases, but God has called [c]us [d](C)to peace. 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will (D)save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:12 Or leave her
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:14 Lit the brother
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:15 One early ms you
  4. 1 Corinthians 7:15 Lit in
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1 Corinthians 7:12-16
New Living Translation

12 Now, I will speak to the rest of you, though I do not have a direct command from the Lord. If a fellow believer[a] has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to continue living with him, he must not leave her. 13 And if a believing woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to continue living with her, she must not leave him. 14 For the believing wife brings holiness to her marriage, and the believing husband[b] brings holiness to his marriage. Otherwise, your children would not be holy, but now they are holy. 15 (But if the husband or wife who isn’t a believer insists on leaving, let them go. In such cases the believing husband or wife[c] is no longer bound to the other, for God has called you[d] to live in peace.) 16 Don’t you wives realize that your husbands might be saved because of you? And don’t you husbands realize that your wives might be saved because of you?

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Footnotes

  1. 7:12 Greek a brother.
  2. 7:14 Greek the brother.
  3. 7:15a Greek the brother or sister.
  4. 7:15b Some manuscripts read us.
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