15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called [a]us [b](A)to peace. 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will (B)save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

17 Only, (C)as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And (D)so I direct in (E)all the churches.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:15 One early ms reads you
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:15 Lit in

15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.(A) 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save(B) your husband?(C) Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

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17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them.(D) This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.(E)

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