15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God has called us to peace.


In Context

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife that believes not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

13 And the woman which has an husband that believes not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God has called us to peace.

16 For what know you, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? or how know you, O man, whether you shall save your wife?

17 But as God has distributed to every man, as the Lord has called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

1 Corinthians 7:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases:] but God hath called us to peace.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:15But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:15But if the unbeliever depart, let him depart. For a brother or sister is not under servitude in such cases. But God hath called us in peace.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:15Yet 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15But if the unbeliever go away, let them go away; a brother or a sister is not bound in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:15Yet 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15But if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases; but God hath called us to peace.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself — let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such cases, and in peace hath God called us;