1 Corinthians 7:8-11

1 CORINTHIANS Correction With Confidence Because The Faithfulness Of God Toward  His Saints!        1 Corinthians 7:8–16 (ESV) — 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to  remain single, as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 10 To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband 11 (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. 12 To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?   TO THE SINGLE STAY BUT NOT IN SIN (V8-9)   Consideration for  continuing unmarried   V25-28 Present circumstances? V29-31 Present state is perishing! V32-35 Present relationships have demands!           TO THE MARRIED STAY AND DO NOT SIN  (V10-16)   (1)   CHRISTIANS MARRIED TO CHRISTIANS (V10-11)   Marriage for Protection     (1 Cor 7:1-9) Marriage For Procreation  (Gen 1:28  Ps 127:4) Marriage For Pleasure       (Song of Solomon Prov 5:15-20) Marriage For Provision     (Prov 12:4, 19:14, 18:22, Eph 5:28-30) Marriage For Partnership  (Gen 2:18, 24-25) Marriage as a Picture         (Eph 5:31-32)       Mark 10:7–12 (ESV) — 7 ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, 8 and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” 10 And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11 And he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, 12 and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”