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Forγὰρhowτίdo you know,οἶδαςwife,γύναιwhetherεἰyou will saveσώσειςyour husband?τὸν ἄνδραOrἢhowτίdo you know,οἶδαςhusband,ἄνερwhetherεἰyou will saveσώσειςyour wife?τὴν γυναῖκα
1 Corinthians 7:16
Study it in the app“For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:16, word by word
- do you knowοἶδαςoidas
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidas” appears- wifeγύναιgynai
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynai” appears- you will saveσώσειςsōseis
save
To rescue from sin and ruin.
Where else “sōseis” appears- your husbandἄνδραandra
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andra” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17Only, as the Lord has assigned to each, as God has called each, so let him walk. And so I direct in all the assemblies.