1 Korintus 7:2-4

7:2 But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with ¹  his own wife and each woman with ²  her own husband. 7:3 A husband should give to his wife her sexual rights, ³  and likewise a wife to her husband. 7:4 It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

1 Korintus 7:10-12

7:10 To the married I give this command – not I, but the Lord ⁴  – a wife should not divorce a husband 7:11 (but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

7:12 To the rest I say – I, not the Lord ⁵  – if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Korintus 7:14

7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. ⁶  Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

1 Korintus 7:16

7:16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? ⁷  Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation? ⁸ 

1 Korintus 7:27

7:27 The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage. ⁹ 

1 Korintus 7:33

7:33 But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

1 Korintus 7:39

7:39 A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, ¹⁰  she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord).

[7:2]  ¹ tn Grk “each man should have his own wife.” “Have” in this context means “have marital relations with” (see the following verse). The verb ἐχέτω (ecetw, “have”) occurs twice in the Greek text, but has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons. This verb occurs 8 times in the LXX (Exod 2:1; Deut 28:30; 2 Chr 11:21; 1 Esd 9:12, 18; Tob 3:8; Isa 13:16; 54:1) with the meaning “have sexual relations with,” and 9 times elsewhere in the NT with the same meaning (Matt 20:23; 22:28; Mark 6:18; 12:33; Luke 20:28; John 4:18 [twice]; 1 Cor 5:1; 7:29).

[7:2]  ² tn Grk “should have.” For explanation of the translation, see the note on “have relations with” earlier in this verse.

[7:3]  ³ tn Grk “fulfill the obligation” or “pay the debt,” referring to the fulfillment of sexual needs within marriage.

[7:10]  ⁴ sn Not I, but the Lord. Here and in v. 12 Paul distinguishes between his own apostolic instruction and Jesus’ teaching during his earthly ministry. In vv. 10-11, Paul reports the Lord’s own teaching about divorce (cf. Mark 10:5-12).

[7:12]  ⁵ sn I, not the Lord. Here and in v. 10 Paul distinguishes between his own apostolic instruction and Jesus’ teaching during his earthly ministry. In vv. 12-16, Paul deals with a situation about which the Lord gave no instruction in his earthly ministry.

[7:14]  ⁶ tc Grk “the brother.” Later witnesses (א² D² Ï) have ἀνδρί (andri, “husband”) here, apparently in conscious emulation of the earlier mention of ἀνήρ (ajnhr) in the verse. However, the earliest and best witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א* A B C D* F G P Ψ 33 1739 al co) are decisively in favor of ἀδελφῷ (adelfw, “brother”), a word that because of the close association with “wife” here may have seemed inappropriate to many scribes. It is also for reasons of English style that “her husband” is used in the translation.

[7:16]  ⁷ tn Grk “will save your husband?” The meaning is obviously that the wife would be the human agent in leading her husband to salvation.

[7:16]  ⁸ tn Grk “will save your wife?” The meaning is obviously that the husband would be the human agent in leading his wife to salvation.

[7:27]  ⁹ tn Grk “should not seek a wife.”

[7:39]  ¹⁰ tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.