1 Corinthians 7:16

1 Corinthians chapter 7 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

King James Version · 1611

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

American Standard Version · 1901

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

v.15Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

v.16This passage

v.17Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Timothy 4:16
Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
Romans 11:14
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.
James 5:19
My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him;
Luke 15:10
Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
1 Peter 3:1
In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;