1 CORINTHIANS 7:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.”
But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. — The conditional 'if she does separate' acknowledges that believers may nevertheless disobey, addressing pastoral reality. The consequence is either perpetual singleness or reconciliation—not freedom to remarry. The parallel command to husbands reiterates mutuality: neither party can unilaterally dissolve the bond. This absolute prohibition stands without the exception clause found in Matthew 5:32, intensifying the finality of marital commitment.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!