Is not under bondage (ου δεδουλωτα). Perfect passive indicative of δουλοω, to enslave, has been enslaved, does not remain a slave.…

But if the unbelieving depart. If they choose to leave you.

Let him depart. You cannot prevent it, and you are to submit t…

But if the unbelieving depart.—Supposing, however, the desire for separation arises from the unbelieving partner, how is the Christian par…

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

But if an unbeliever depart. This is the second part of his statement, in which he sets free a believing husband who is prepared to live w…

But if the unbelieving depart
If the unbelieving party, man or woman, separate themselves from the believing party o…

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…