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For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now are they holy.
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Don't Divorce an Unbeliever
The primary, practical command is that a Christian should not divorce an unbelieving spouse who is willing to stay. Commentators agree that Paul's reasoning is meant to reassure the believer that the marriage is not spiritually defiling. Instead of being a source of pollution, the believer's presence makes the union legitimate and acceptable in God's eyes.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the unbelieving husband. The husband who is not a Christian; who still remains a heathen, or an impenitent man. The apostle here state…
Is sanctified in the wife (ηγιαστα εν τη γυναικ). Perfect passive indicative of αγιαζω, to set apart, to hallow, to sanctify. Paul…
19th Century
Anglican
The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife.—Any scruple a Christian might have felt about whether marriage to an unbeliever would b…
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Paul now adds instructions beyond those given by the Lord Jesus— instructions having to do with mixed marriages, where one partner has, since marri…
16th Century
Protestant
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified. He addresses an objection that might cause anxiety for believers. The relationship of marriage …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife That is, "by the believing wife"; as the Vulgate Latin and Syr…
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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…
