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Prioritize Peace and Permanence
Paul's instruction to a Christian wife with a willing unbelieving husband is direct: do not initiate a separation. Commentators stress that this upholds the divine institution of marriage. The Christian's duty is to promote peace within the home, even with an unbeliever, reflecting the broader call to live peaceably with everyone. This command was given in a context where Roman law often permitted a wife to initiate divorce.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 7:13
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 7:13
Which hath an unbelieving husband (ητις εχε ανδρα απιστον). Relative clause here, while a conditional one in verse 12 (ε τις, if a…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 7:13
19th Century
Bishop
Let her not leave him.—Better, let her not put him away; the Greek being the same as is applied to the husband i…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 7:13
Paul now adds instructions beyond those given by the Lord Jesus— instructions having to do with mixed marriages, where one partner has, since marri…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 7:13
17th Century
Pastor
And the woman which has an husband that believeth
The apostle puts the case both ways, there being the same reason f…
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…