12. But I (not the Lord) say to the rest: If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not leave her.
13. Also, if any woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not leave her husband.
14. For the unbelieving husband is set apart for God by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart for God by the husband. Otherwise your children would be corrupt, but now they are set apart for God.
15. But if the unbeliever leaves, let him leave. A brother or a sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
16. For you, wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Or you, husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?
17. However, each one must live his life in the situation the Lord assigned when God called him. This is what I command in all the churches.