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


In Context

13 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother; since otherwise indeed your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

15 But 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.

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

17 However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God has called each, so let him walk; and thus I ordain in all the assemblies.

18 Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: has any one been 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 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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For what know you, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? or how know you, O man, whether you shall save your wife?