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1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

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ASV

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

29 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἡγίασταιhēgiastaiHas been sanctifiedG37 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
ἀνὴρanērhusbandG435 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
ἄπιστοςapistosunbelievingG571 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῇtēatheG3588 →
γυναικί,gunaikiwife,G1135 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἡγίασταιhēgiastaihas been sanctifiedG37 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
γυνὴgunēwifeG1135 →
ἡhē<the>G3588 →
ἄπιστοςapistosunbelievingG571 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῷtōtheG3588 →
ἀδελφῷ·adelphōbrother;G80 →
ἐπεὶepeielseG1893 →
ἄραarathenG686 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
τέκναteknachildrenG5043 →
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771 →
ἀκάθαρτάakathartauncleanG169 →
ἐστιν,estinare,G1510 →
νῦνnunnowG3568 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
ἅγιάhagiaholyG40 →
ἐστιν.estinthey are.G1510 →

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Malachi 2:15–16Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.Luke 18:16But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.1 Timothy 4:5because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.Deuteronomy 29:15but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.Romans 11:16If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.Ezra 9:2Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”1 Corinthians 6:15–17Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!Ezra 9:1–2After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.Leviticus 21:15so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”Acts 11:8‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’Leviticus 12:7And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.

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