1 CORINTHIANS 7:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 7:12
“But to the rest speak I, not the Lord. If any brother have a wife that believes not, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. And if any woman has an husband that believes not, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave him.” For as when discoursing about separating from fornicators, he made the matter easy by the correction which he applied to his words, saying, “Howbeit, not altogether with the fornicators of this world;” so also in this…
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