Book of Common Prayer

But Do Not Divorce Your Christian Spouse

¹⁰ But to the ones having married I command (not I, but the Lord), that a wife not be separated from her husband— ¹¹ but if indeed she is separated, let her remain unmarried or let her be reconciled to her husband— and that a husband not leave^[a] his wife.

Do Not Divorce an Unbelieving Spouse Who Chooses To Stay

¹² But to the rest I say, not^[b] the Lord— if any brother has an unbelieving wife and this one consents to dwell with him, let him not leave her. ¹³ And if any woman has an unbelieving husband and this one consents to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified^[c] by his wife. And the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the brother. Otherwise then your children are unclean, but now^[d] they are holy. ¹⁵ But if the unbelieving one separates, let such a one separate. The brother or the sister has not been enslaved by such^[e] things, but God has called you in peace. ¹⁶ For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? ¹⁷ Except that^[f] as the Lord apportioned^[g] to each one, as God has called each one, in this manner let him be walking. And thus I am directing^[h] in all the churches.

In General, Remain With God In The Life Context In Which You Were Saved

¹⁸ Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not conceal^[i] it. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. ¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. ²⁰ Each in the calling in which he was called— in this let him remain. ²¹ Were you called as a slave? Do not let it be a concern to you. But if also^[j] you are able to become free, rather make-use-of the opportunity. ²² For the one having been called in the Lord as a slave is a freedperson of the Lord. Likewise the one having been called as a free one is a slave of Christ. ²³ You were bought with a price; do not become slaves^[k] of people. ²⁴ Each in what he was called, brothers— in this let him remain with God.

Jesus Casts Demons Out of a Man Into a Herd of Pigs. The Locals Beg Him To Leave

5 And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. ² And He having gone out of the boat, immediately a man with^[a] an unclean spirit met Him, out of the tombs— ³ who was having his dwelling-place in the tombs. And no one was able to bind him any-more, not even with a chain, ⁴ because he often had been bound with shackles^[b] and chains and the chains had been torn-apart by him, and the shackles broken. And no one was strong-enough to subdue him. ⁵ And continually, by night and by day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying-out and cutting himself with stones. ⁶ And having seen Jesus from a distance, he ran and prostrated-himself before Him. ⁷ And having cried-out with a loud voice, he says “What^[c] do I have to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most-High God? I make You swear^[d] by God, do not torment me”. ⁸ For He was saying to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit”. ⁹ And He was asking him, “What is the name for you?” And he says to Him, “The name for me is Legion^[e], because we are many”. ¹⁰ And he was begging Him greatly that He not send them outside of the country. ¹¹ Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there at the mountain. ¹² And they begged Him, saying “Send us to the pigs, in order that we may enter into them”. ¹³ And He permitted them. And the unclean spirits, having come out, entered into the pigs. And the herd, about two-thousand, rushed down the steep-bank into the sea. And they were drowning in the sea. ¹⁴ And the ones feeding^[f] them fled and reported it in the city and in the fields. And they came to see what the thing having happened was. ¹⁵ And they come to Jesus, and see the one being demon-possessed sitting, having been clothed and being sound-minded— the one having had the “legion”. And they became afraid. ¹⁶ And the ones having seen it related to them how it happened to the one being demon-possessed, and about the pigs. ¹⁷ And they began to beg Him to depart^[g] from their districts. ¹⁸ And while He was getting into the boat, the one having been demon-possessed was begging Him that he might be with Him. ¹⁹ And He did not permit him, but says to him, “Go to your house, to your people, and report to them all-that the Lord has done for you, and that He had mercy on you”. ²⁰ And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis^[h] all-that Jesus did for him. And they all were marveling.