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12 I (not the Lord) say to the rest of you: If a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to live with him, he must not abandon[a] her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is willing to live with her, she must not abandon[b] him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified because of her husband.[c] Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 7:12 Or divorce
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:13 Or divorce
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:14 The Gk. lacks inappropriately

12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord):(A) If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.(B)

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