13And 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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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-16)In this paragraph the apostle gives them direction in a case which must be very frequent in that age of the world, especially among the Jewish converts; I mean whether they were to live with heathen relatives in a married state. Moses’s law permitted divorce; and there was a famous instance in the Jewish state, when the people were obliged to put away their idolatrous wives, Ezra 10:3. This might…
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