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1 Corinthians 7:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Corinthians 7:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 [a]But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart: a brother or a sister is not in subjection in [b]such things: [c]but God hath called us in peace.
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
17 [d]But as God hath distributeth to every man, as the Lord [e]hath called every one, so let him walk: and so ordain I in all Churches.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:15 He answereth to a question: what if the unfaithful forsake the faithful? then is the faithful free, saith he, because he is forsaken of the unfaithful.
- 1 Corinthians 7:15 When any such thing falleth out.
- 1 Corinthians 7:15 Lest any man upon pretence of this liberty should give occasion to the unfaithful to depart, he giveth to understand, that marriage contracted with an infidel, ought peaceably to be kept, that if it be possible the infidel may be won to the faith.
- 1 Corinthians 7:17 Taking occasion by that which he said of the bondage and liberty of matrimony, he digresseth to a general doctrine concerning the outward state and condition of man’s life, as Circumcision and uncircumcision, servitude and liberty: warning every man generally to live with a contented mind in the Lord, what state or condition forever he be in, because that those outward things, as to be circumcised or uncircumcised, to be bond or free, are not of the substance (as they term it) of the kingdom of heaven.
- 1 Corinthians 7:17 Hath bound him to a certain kind of life.
1 Corinthians 7:15-17
New International Version
1 Corinthians 7:15-17
New International Version
15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.(A) 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save(B) your husband?(C) Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
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17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them.(D) This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.(E)
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