1 Corinthians 7:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

To the rest (besides "the married," 1 Corinthians 7:10, where both husband and wife are believers) - the Corinthians had inquired about believers married to unbelievers.

Not the Lord - by any former direct command.

She be pleased, х suneudokei (G4909)] - 'consents:' implying his wish firstly, with which hers concurs. So despised was Christianity that wives often left their husbands who embraced it.

1 Corinthians 7:12

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.