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1 Corinthians 7:16
1 Corinthians 7:16 is verse 16 of 1 Corinthians chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
King James Version
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
World English Bible
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
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1 Corinthians 7:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you 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 Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Luke 15:10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
1 Timothy 4:16Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
James 5:19My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
James 5:20consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 3:1Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
1 Peter 3:2when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.