1 Corinthians 7:10
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
KJV
τοῖς δὲ γεγαμηκόσιν παραγγέλλω, οὐκ ἐγὼ ἀλλὰ ὁ κύριος, γυναῖκα ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς μὴ χωρισθῆναι,
Greek NT
Iis autem qui matrimonio juncti sunt, præcipio non ego, sed Dominus, uxorem a viro non discedere :
Vulgate
But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
ASV
But to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γαμέω
gameo
verb · 28×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παραγγέλλω
paraggello
verb · 30×
χωρίζω
chorizo
verb · 13×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Doctrines that cite this verse
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2382The Lord Jesus insisted on the original intention of the Creator who willed that marriage be indissoluble.173 He abrogates the accommodations that had slipped into the old Law.174 Between the baptized, "a ratified and consummated marriage cannot be dissolved by any human power or for any reason other than death."175
2. See how much care he takes for them to relieve them from blame, and how much diligence they employed, so as not to leave to themselves so much as a shadow of an excuse. For which was right? To let go the acknowledged criminal, or Him about whose guilt there was a question? For, if in the case of acknowledged offenders it was fit there should be a liberation, much more in tho…
I charge thee, saith he, to guard thy chastity, and let no thought enter into thy heart of another man's wife, or of fornication, or of any such things; for in so doing thou committest a great sin. But if thou always remember thine own wife, thou wilt never sin.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:6 — But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
- 1Cor 7:11 — But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
- 1Cor 7:12 — But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
- 1Cor 7:15 — But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
- 1Cor 7:25 — Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
- 1Cor 7:39 — The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
- 1Cor 11:11 — Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
- Deut 24:5 — When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
- Gen 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- Jer 3:20 — Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
- John 4:18 — For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
- Luke 16:18 — Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
- Luke 16:18 — Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
- Mal 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
- Mark 10:2 — And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
- Mark 10:11 — And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
- Mark 10:11 — And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
- Matt 5:32 — But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
- Matt 5:32 — But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
- Matt 19:3 — The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
- Matt 19:6 — Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- Matt 19:9 — And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.