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


In Context

13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

15 But 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.

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

17 Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.

1st 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 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?

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?