 Hither may be added, that the Holy Spirit grants desertion to be a cause of divorce, in those answers given to the Corinthians concerning a brother or sister deserted by a misbeliever. "If he depart, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under...  The Prose Works of John Milton - Page 279by John Milton - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1865 - 452 pages
...by the husband : else were your children unclean : but now are they holy. — 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. — For what knowest thou, 0 wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband... | |
 | John Milton - 1985 - 468 pages
...prudence to determine in cases of like importance; using words so plain as are not to be shifted off, that a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases, adding also, that God hath call'd us to peace in mariage. 11 * Now if it be plain that a Christian... | |
 | John R. Rice - 1980 - 404 pages
...sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. 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. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband?... | |
 | Robert E. Picirilli - 1987 - 454 pages
...after marriage. (3) What to do when the unbelieving mate deserts (v. iSa) 15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such In w. 12, 13 Paul gave instruction for a mixed marriage when the nonChristian mate is pleased to continue... | |
 | Johanna Manley - 1990 - 1144 pages
...otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. IS But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a 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?... | |
 | 1883 - 626 pages
...might insist on breaking up the union. Here the Apostle says to the Christian wife, "if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God hath called us in peace." By this we understand, with Meyer, Stanley, Neander, Tholuck, and... | |
 | John Witte - 1997 - 332 pages
...Paul's words can also be understood. In I Corinthians 7:15, Paul writes: "if the unbelieving (spouse] depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases, but Ciod hath called us to peace." Paul is not contradicting Christ by adding desertion or disbelief... | |
 | Kathryn M. Daynes - 2001 - 352 pages
...call it such: “For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife. - . - But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases.” Desertion by an unbeliever, seemingly unambiguous grounds for divorce in the Bible, was apparently... | |
 | Mark Copeland - 2002 - 114 pages
...sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. 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. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shah save thy husband?... | |
 | John Phillips - 2001 - 420 pages
...home (1 Cor. 7:12—14) to the more serious case of defection from the home: “But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases” (7:15). The believing husband or wife is to do all that can be done, under the new circumstances, to... | |
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