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1 Corinthians 7:12 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 12
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 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:12 in context
10And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brotheradelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- pleasedsyneudokeōto be pleased together with, to approve together , to be pleased at the same time with…G4909 →
- speaklegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- dwelloikeōto dwell inG3611 →
- restloiposremaining, the rest, the rest of any number or class under consideration, with a certain…G3062 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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In this paragraph the apostle gives them direction in a case which must be very frequent in that age of the world, especially among the Jewish converts; I mean whether they were to live with heathen relatives in a married state. Moses's law permitted divorce;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-16