1 Corinthians 7:16 BSB

1 Corinthians 7:16

How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

BSB

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ASV

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Tertullian

To His Wife Book II (220)

If these things may happen to those women also who, having attained the faith while in (the state of) Gentile matrimony, continue in that state, still they are excused, as having been "apprehended by God" in these very circumstances; and they are bidden to persevere in their married state, and are sanctified, and have hope of "making a gain" held out to them.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For what knowest thou, O wife - You that are Christians, and who have heathen partners, do not give them up because they are such, for you may become the means of saving them unto eternal life. Bear your cross, and look up to God, and he may give your unbelieving husband or wife to your prayers.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Or else (1Co 7:15), if thy unbelieving consort wishes to depart, let him go, so that thou mayest live "in peace": for thou canst not be sure of converting him, so as to make it obligatory on thee at all costs to stay with him against his will [MENOCHIUS and ALFORD]. save--be the instrument of salvation to (Jas 5:20).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τί	ti	How	G5101 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
οἶδας,	oidas	know you,
γύναι,	gunai	wife,	G1135 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἄνδρα	andra	husband	G435 →
σώσεις;	sōseis	you will save?	G4982 →
ἢ	ē	Or	G2228 →
τί	ti	how	G5101 →
οἶδας,	oidas	know you,
ἄνερ,	aner	husband,	G435 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γυναῖκα	gunaika	wife	G1135 →
σώσεις;	sōseis	you will save?	G4982 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 15:10
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
leads to
- Luke 15:7
  In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
- Ezekiel 33:11
  Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live.…
- 2 Corinthians 7:10
  Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
- Ezekiel 18:23
  Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
- Luke 13:5
  No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
Through
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:33
  as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
- Romans 15:1
  We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19
  Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 1 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Corinthians