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1 Corinthians 7:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:


1 Corinthians 7:10Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 7:1014 words
GreekMeaning
ΤοῖςTois
To thosearticleG3588
δὲde
nowwordG1161
γεγαμηκόσινgegamēkosin
having marriedverbG1060
παραγγέλλωparangellō
I give this charge —verbG3853
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
ho
thearticleG3588
κύριοςkyrios
Lord —nounG2962
γυναῖκαgynaika
A wifenounG1135
ἀπὸapo
fromprepositionG575
ἀνδρὸςandros
a husbandnounG435
μὴ
notadverbG3361
χωρισθῆναιchōristhēnai
is to be separatedverbG5563
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 19 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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