1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a release. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

1 Corinthians 7:12-14

To the others, I speak and not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Each man should remain in the same condition in which he was called.

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Summary

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Thou bound

Bible References

Thou bound

1 Corinthians 7:12
To the others, I speak and not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him he should not divorce her.

General references

Jeremiah 16:2
You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place.
Matthew 19:10
The disciples said to him: This being the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.
1 Corinthians 7:8
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they stay unmarried like me.