Forγὰρthe unbelievingὁ ἄπιστοςhusbandὁ ἀνὴρis sanctifiedἡγίασταιinἐνthe wife,τῇ γυναικίandκαὶthe unbelievingἡ ἄπιστοςwifeἡ γυνὴis sanctifiedἡγίασταιinἐνthe brother;τῷ ἀδελφῷotherwiseἐπεὶ ἄραyourὑμῶνchildrenτὰ τέκναwould beἐστινunclean,ἀκάθαρτάbutδὲas it isνῦνthey areἐστινholy.ἅγιά
1 Corinthians 7:14
Study it in the app“For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother; otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:14, word by word
- the unbelievingἄπιστοςapistos
unbelieving
Someone who does not believe.
Where else “apistos” appears- husbandἀνὴρanēr
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “anēr” appears- is sanctifiedἡγίασταιhēgiastai
set apart
To set something or someone apart for God.
Where else “hēgiastai” appears- the wifeγυναικίgynaiki
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynaiki” appears- the brotherἀδελφῷadelphōi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphōi” appears- otherwiseἄραara
then, so
So then, therefore.
Where else “ara” appears- childrenτέκναtekna
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appears- would beἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- uncleanἀκάθαρτάakatharta
unclean
Something the law bars from worship.
Where else “akatharta” appears- holyἅγιάhagia
holy
Holy, like God: pure and majestic; or what is his.
Where else “hagia” appears
The context
13And if any woman has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she must not send away her husband.
14 · This verse (above)
15But if the unbeliever separates, let him separate; the brother or the sister is not enslaved in such cases; but God has called us in peace.