007:012 To the rest it is I who speak—not the Lord. If a brother has
a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him,
let him not send her away.
007:013 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband—if he consents to live with her, let her not separate from him.
007:014 For, in such cases, the unbelieving husband has become—and is— holy through union with a Christian woman, and the unbelieving wife is holy through union with a Christian brother. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but in reality they have a place among God's people.
007:015 If, however, the unbeliever is determined to leave, let him
or her do so. Under such circumstances the Christian man
or woman is no slave; God has called us to live lives of peace.
007:016 For what assurance have you, O woman, as to whether you
will save your husband? Or what assurance have you, O man,
as to whether you will save your wife?
007:017 Only, whatever be the condition in life which the Lord has
assigned to each individual—and whatever the condition in which
he was living when God called him—in that let him continue.
007:018 This is what I command in all the Churches. Was any one already circumcised when called? Let him not have recourse to the surgeons. Was any one uncircumcised when called? Let him remain uncircumcised.
007:019 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing:
obedience to God's commandments is everything.
007:020 Whatever be the condition in life in which a man was,
when he was called, in that let him continue.
007:021 Were you a slave when God called you? Let not that weigh
on your mind. And yet if you can get your freedom,
take advantage of the opportunity.