1 Corinthians7:13

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Translation

And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he happily agrees to [continue] making a home with her, she should not leave him

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Paraphrase

If a woman has a husband who is not a believer in Jesus, and if he wholeheartedly agrees to continue making a home with her, she should not seek to divorce him over the difference in their religious beliefs.

Footnotes

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The same word is used here as in the previous verse but the rendering of it sounds a little different. It means “to send away,” but it could also refer to a woman “leaving” her husband. In that culture she could not kick her husband out, but she could leave him, and I understand that either one could request a divorce.