Teachings about Divorce
Matthew 19:10
In 9 translations
- BSB
- His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
- KJV
- ¶ His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
- WEB
- His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
- ASV
- The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.
- LSV
- His disciples say to Him, “If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.”
- YLT
- His disciples say to him, 'If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'
- DBY
- His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
- DRC
- His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.
- GNV
- Then sayd his disciples to him, If the matter be so betweene man and wife, it is not good to marry.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτοῦ (“of Him”); SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
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- SBLGNT: μαθηταί. Westcott and Hort (1881), the Greek text behind the NIV read μαθηταί; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont, Nestle–Aland 28th edition add αὐτοῦ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί· Εἰ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ αἰτία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός, οὐ συμφέρει γαμῆσαι.
- RP2018
- Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, Εἰ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ αἰτία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός, οὐ συμφέρει γαμῆσαι.
- TR-Boyd
- Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, Εἰ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ αἰτία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός, οὐ συμφέρει γαμῆσαι.
- SCR1894
- λεγουσιν αυτω οι μαθηται αυτου ει ουτως εστιν η αιτια του ανθρωπου μετα της γυναικος ου συμφερει γαμησαι
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 7:32–35I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,…
- Proverbs 19:13–14A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- 1 Timothy 5:11–15But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry, and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith. At the same time they…
- Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- 1 Corinthians 7:8Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
- 1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 7:1–2Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations. But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39–40A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord. In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is.…
- Proverbs 5:15–19Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with…
- 1 Corinthians 7:26–28Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is. Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife. But if you do marry, you have…
- Genesis 2:18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
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