Scriptures

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1 Corinthians 7
⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.
⁹ But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
¹⁰ But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband
¹¹ (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.
¹² But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.
¹³ And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away.
¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
¹⁵ Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace.
¹⁶ For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
¹⁷ Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches.
¹⁸ Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised.