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To the marriedΤοῖς γεγαμηκόσινI give this commandπαραγγέλλω(notοὐκI,ἐγὼbutἀλλὰthe Lord):ὁ κύριοςa wifeγυναῖκαis notμὴto separateχωρισθῆναιfromἀπὸherhusbandἀνδρὸς
1 Corinthians 7:10
Study it in the app“To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): a wife is not to separate from her husband”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:10, word by word
- To the marriedγεγαμηκόσινgegamēkosin
marry
Marry.
Where else “gegamēkosin” appears- I give this commandπαραγγέλλωparangellō
command, instruct
Give orders, instruct.
Where else “parangellō” appears- the Lord)κύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears- a wifeγυναῖκαgynaika
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynaika” appears- to separateχωρισθῆναιchōristhēnai
separate
To put distance between two who were joined: people, a marriage, a love.
Where else “chōristhēnai” appears- husbandἀνδρὸςandros
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andros” appears
Translation note
“Not I, but the Lord”: compare the teaching of Jesus in Mark 10:9-12.
The context
9But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 · This verse (above)
11(but if she does separate, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband is not to send away his wife.