哥林多前書7:12-16

 

7:12 我對其餘的人說（不是主說）：倘若某弟兄有不信的妻子，妻子也情願和他同住，他就不要離棄妻子。
7:13 妻子有不信的丈夫，丈夫也情願和她同住，她就不要離棄丈夫。
7:14 因為不信的丈夫就因著妻子成了聖潔，並且不信的妻子就因著丈夫（原文是弟兄）成了聖潔。不然，你們的兒女就不潔淨，但如今他們是聖潔的了。
7:15 倘若那不信的人要離去，就由他離去吧！無論是弟兄，是姊妹，遇著這樣的事都不必拘束。上帝召我們原是要我們和睦。
7:16 你這作妻子的，怎麼知道不能救你的丈夫呢？你這作丈夫的，怎麼知道不能救你的妻子呢？

 

¹² To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 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 it be so. The brother or the sister 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?

 

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    保羅不是鼓勵基督徒與不信的人結婚，而是結婚之後有一人信主，要怎樣與未信的另一半相處的教導。

 

    保羅在此強調的就是「和睦」，這是很重要的婚姻原則，也藉由和睦來帶領另一半信主，這是很重要的！