1 CORINTHIANS 7:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:”
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. — Paul distinguishes his own counsel from dominical teaching (apo tou kyriou = from the Lord), likely referencing Jesus' prohibition of divorce in the Gospels. The command (epitassō) is the strongest form of instruction. Separation (chōrizō) is forbidden absolutely. Paul's insistence on the Lord's authority here grounds marriage ethics in Jesus' own teaching, beyond Paul's mere opinion.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 7:10
“But to the married I give charge, yet not I, but the Lord.” Because it is a law expressly appointed by Christ which he is about to read to them about the not putting away a wife without fornication; Matthew 5:32, 19:9; Mark 10:11; Luke 16:18 therefore he says, “Not I.” True it is what was before spoken though it were not expressly stated, yet it also is His decree. But this, you see, He had delivered in express words. So that the words “I and not I” have this difference of…
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