Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 7:15
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15. if . . . depart —that is, wishes for separation. Translate, "separateth himself": offended with her Christianity, and refusing to live with her unless she renounce it. brother or a sister is not under bondage —is not bound to renounce the faith for the sake of retaining her unbelieving husband [HAMMOND]. So Deuteronomy 13:6 ; Matthew 10:35-37 ; Luke 14:26 . The believer does not lie under the same obligation in the case of a union with an unbeliever, as in the case of one with a believer. In the former case he is not bound not to separate, if the unbeliever separate or "depart," in the latter nothing but "fornication" justifies separation [PHOTIUS in Æcumenius ]. but God hath called us to peace —Our Christian calling is one that tends to "peace" ( Romans 12:18 ), not quarrelling; therefore the believer should not ordinarily depart from the unbelieving consort ( Romans 12:18- : ), on the one hand; and on the other, in the exceptional case of the unbeliever desiring to depart, the believer is not bound to force the other party to stay in a state of continual discord ( Romans 12:18- : ). Better still it would be not to enter into such unequal alliances at all ( 1 Corinthians 7:40 ; 2 Corinthians 6:14 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-16" class="com-number"
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