1 Corinthians 7:8-22
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8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
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9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
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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.
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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.
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13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
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14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
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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.
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16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
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17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
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18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
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19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
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20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
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21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
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22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.