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1 Corinthians 7:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" (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

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

10 But 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.

12 But 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.

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

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1 Corinthians 7:1

"Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman."

1 Corinthians 7:2

"But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband."

1 Corinthians 7:3

"Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband."

1 Corinthians 7:4

"The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does."

1 Corinthians 7:5

"Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control."

1 Corinthians 7:6

"But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment."

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