Which hath an unbelieving husband (ητις εχε ανδρα απιστον). Relative clause here, while a conditional one in verse 12 (ε τις, if a…

Let her not leave him. A change of phraseology from the last verse, to suit the circumstances. The wife did not have the power to put away…

Let her not leave him.—Better, let her not put him away; the Greek being the same as is applied to the husband i…

Paul now adds instructions beyond those given by the Lord Jesus— instructions having to do with mixed marriages, where one partner has, since marri…

And the woman which has an husband that believeth
The apostle puts the case both ways, there being the same reason f…

Husband and wife must not separate for any reason other than what Christ allows. Divorce, at that time, was very common among both Jews and Gentile…