1 Corinthians 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.
KJV
ἐὰν δὲ καὶ χωρισθῇ, μενέτω ἄγαμος ἢ τῷ ἀνδρὶ καταλλαγήτω, καὶ ἄνδρα γυναῖκα μὴ ἀφιέναι.
Greek NT
quod si discesserit, manere innuptam, aut viro suo reconciliari. Et vir uxorem non dimittat.
Vulgate
(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.
ASV
And if she depart, that she remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταλλάσσω
katallasso
verb · 6×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
χωρίζω
chorizo
verb · 13×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἄγαμος
agamos
noun · 4×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Doctrines that cite this verse
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Let the husband pay the wife the honor due to her: in like manner the wife the husband. Now what is the meaning of the due honor? The wife has not power over her own body; but is both the slave and the mistress of the husband. And if you decline the service which is due, you have offended God. But if you wish to withdraw yourself, it must be with the husband's permission, th…
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 7:10 — And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
- Jer 3:1 — They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many
- Mark 10:12 — And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.