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Two Paths After Separation
Commentators explain that this verse addresses a situation where a wife has already separated from her husband. In such a case, Paul provides only two valid paths: she must either remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. The marriage bond is considered so sacred that this type of separation does not dissolve it, meaning she is not free to marry someone else.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 7:11
18th Century
Theologian
But and if she depart. If she has withdrawn by a rash and foolish act; if she has attempted to dissolve the marriage vow, she is to remain…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 7:11
But and if she depart (εαν δε κα χωρισθη). Third class condition, undetermined. If, in spite of Christ's clear prohibition, she ge…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 7:11
19th Century
Bishop
But and if she depart.—Better, but if she has actually separated. These words, from “but” to “husband,” are a parenthesis…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 7:11
Paul’s next major concern relates to Christians and divorce. What he states in v.10 “to the married” is by “command”—not his own, but the command o…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 7:11
16th Century
Theologian
But if she depart—that this is not to be understood of those who have been put away for adultery is evident from the punishment that follo…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 7:11
17th Century
Pastor
But and if she depart
This is said, not as allowing of such a departure, which only in case of fornication is lawful…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 7:10–16
17th Century
Minister
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…