Selah · Bible verse

1 Corinthians 7:11

(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:11 · World English Bible

In context

9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

11(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

12But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.

13The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.

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