? on 1 Corth. 7:12-14

[felixthecat]

A question on 1 Corith. 7:12-14

[12] But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

[13] And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

[14] For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

So if the wife believes and the husband does NOT, he is still saved as well as the children ONLY because the wife is a believer?

I'm not sure how this works when I thought salvation was a personal decision that no one else could make for you.


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[HeIsEnough]

So if the wife believes and the husband does NOT, he is still saved as well as the children ONLY because the wife is a believer?

I'm not sure how this works when I thought salvation was a personal decision that no one else could make for you.


It's sanctification, not salvation. The thought being that the unbelieving partner is brought near by the marriage contract. The spouse is holy by the Spirit of God, if the sense that the partners are seen as one by God, then they are both sanctified. That would be my understanding.

Gill adds the Jewish sense of holy-unclean:


"he that espouses a Gentile woman, or a servant, אינן קידושין, "they are not espousals"; but lo, he is after the espousals as he was before the espousals; and so a Gentile, or a servant, that espouses a daughter of Israel, אין קידושיהן קידושין, "those espousals are no espousals";''

nor do they allow children begotten of such persons to be legitimate. This learned writer himself owns such a tradition, and which he cites (z),

"that a son begotten in uncleanness is a son in all respects, and in general is reckoned as an Israelite, though he is a bastard, הבן מן הגויה אינו בנו, "but a son begotten on a Gentile woman is not his son";''


Verse 16 gives the sense Paul is not speaking about, that is, salvation.


14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

[felixthecat]

Thank you!

I was confusing "santification" with "salvation".

Thank you again for your trouble.

DH is on the fence and this caught my attention.

[HeIsEnough]

No trouble at all, we help each other. I'll pray for you and your husband.