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


In Context

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.

18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

1 Corinthians 7:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:16How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband ? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife ?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16For what knowest thou, O wife, if thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O husband, if thou shalt save thy wife?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?