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NASB | 1 Corinthians 7:12 ¶ But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 7:12 ¶ To the rest I declare--I, not the Lord [since Jesus did not discuss this]--that if any [believing] brother has a wife who does not believe [in Christ], and she consents to live with him, he must not leave her. |
Subject: r u released from marriage if mistreated |
Bible Note: I must respond by saying I'd be the last person in the world to advocate a woman staying in a situation as described above and take any kind of physical or sexual abuse or to tolerate the same for her children. However, a separation of a husband and his wife should not be done quite as easily as some people do. I would urge that all reading this exchange study God's Word and exhaust all options, do everything in your power to maintain the bond of marriage as blessed by God. Remember mankind should never consider such a union of marriage to be fairly easy to break up. AND in the final analysis, again the innocent party (here the wife) CANNOT consider marriage to another man UNLESS her first husband broke that bond of marriage by committing adultery. I don't see how there could be any other way to interpret God's Wor on this matter but I'd be interested in your responses. God bless. |