1 Corinthians 7:12 · KJV
“But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:12
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to {her} husband: and let not the husband put away {his} wife.
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
1 Corinthians 7 — Context
And unto the married I command, {yet} not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from {her} husband:
11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to {her} husband: and let not the husband put away {his} wife.
12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 11:17
That which I speak, I speak {it} not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
1 Corinthians 7:6
But I speak this by permission, {and} not of commandment.
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Ezra 10:11-19
Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
Ezra 10:2-3
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, {one} of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.