1 CORINTHIANS 7:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“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.”
To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. — Paul now addresses intermarriage between believer and unbeliever, not addressed directly in Jesus' teaching. The formula 'I, not the Lord' claims apostolic authority where dominical sayings are absent. The condition is the unbeliever's willingness to remain; if she consents to cohabitation, the marriage stands. This permits what Levitical law prohibited (2 Cor 6:14) in cases where the union already exists.
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