Verse 10
1 Corinthians 7:10
Literal Standard Version
10
and to the married I announce—not I, but the LORD—do not let a wife separate from a husband:
Original Language Text
greek
Τοῖς δὲ γεγαμηκόσιν παραγγέλλω, οὐκ ἐγὼ ἀλλὰ ὁ κύριος, γυναῖκα ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς μὴ χωρισθῆναι—
English Translation
To those who are married, I command, not I but the Lord, a woman not to be separated from her husband—
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
1
And concerning the things of which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman,
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and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husba...
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to the wife let the husband render the due benevolence, and in like manner also the wife to the husb...
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the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband; and in like manner also, the hu...
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Do not defraud one another, except by consent for a time, that you may be free for fasting and praye...
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and this I say by way of concurrence—not of command,
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for I wish all men to be even as I myself am; but each has his own gift of God (Elohim), one indeed...
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And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am;
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and if they do not have continence—let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
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and to the married I announce—not I, but the LORD—do not let a wife separate from a husband:
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but, and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled to the husband, and...
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12
And to the rest I speak—not the LORD—if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is pleased to d...
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and a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is pleased to dwell with her, do not let her send...
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for the unbelieving husband has been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanct...
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15
And if the unbelieving separates himself—let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not...
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for what, have you known, O wife, whether you will save the husband? Or what, have you known, O husb...
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If not, as God (Elohim) distributed to each, as the LORD has called each—so let him walk; and thus I...
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being circumcised—was anyone called? Do not let him become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was anyo...
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the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing—but a keeping of the commands of God...
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Each in the calling in which he was called—in this let him remain;
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a servant—were you called? Do not be anxious; but if also you are able to become free—use it rather;
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for he who is in the LORD—having been called a servant—is the LORD’s freedman: in like manner also h...
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you were bought with a price, do not become servants of men;
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each, in that in which he was called, brothers, in this let him remain with God (Elohim).
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And concerning the virgins, I do not have a command of the LORD; and I give judgment as having obtai...
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I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that it is good for a man th...
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Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed; have you been loosed from a wife? Do not se...
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But, and if you may marry, you did not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such w...
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And this I say, brothers, the time from now on is having been shortened—that both those having wives...
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and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not p...
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and those using this world, as not using it up; for the present form of this world is passing away.
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And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the LORD, how he wi...
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and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he will please the wife.
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The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the LORD...
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And this I say for your own profit: not that I may cast a noose on you, but for the seemliness and d...
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and if anyone thinks it to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it...
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And he does well who has stood steadfast in the heart—not having necessity—and has authority over hi...
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so that both he who is giving in marriage does well, and he who is not giving in marriage does bette...
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A wife has been bound by law for as long a time as her husband may live, and if her husband may slee...
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and she is happier if she may so remain—according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit...
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