A moment in scripture
1 Corinthians 7:10
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And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Corinthians 7:8
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
- 1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- 1 Corinthians 7:11
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
- 1 Corinthians 7:12
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.