But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
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Interpretation
Man and wife must not separate for any other cause than what Christ allows. Divorce, at that time, was very common among both Jews and Gentiles, on very slight pretexts.
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This thought runs through 1 Corinthians 7:8-12.