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1 Corinthians 7:14New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in relation to his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in relation to the brother; otherwise, your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
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1 Corinthians 7:14The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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ἡγίασται γὰρ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἄπιστος ἐν τῇ γυναικί, καὶ ἡγίασται ἡ γυνὴ ἡ ἄπιστος ἐν τῷ ἀδελφῷ· ἐπεὶ ἄρα τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν ἀκάθαρτά ἐστιν, νῦν δὲ ἅγιά ἐστιν.
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1 Corinthians 7:14The Bible in Living English
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14 For the unbelieving husband is consecrated in the wife and the unbelieving wife is consecrated in the husband; else your children would be unclean; but in fact they are holy.
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1 Corinthians 7:14American Standard Version
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14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
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1 Corinthians 7:14The Emphasized Bible
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14 For the husband that believeth not is hallowed in the wife, And the wife that believeth not is hallowed in the brother: Else were your children impure, But now are they pure.
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1 Corinthians 7:14King James Version
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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.
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1 CorinthiansResearch Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
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1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 7New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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unbelieving: In this context, Paul uses the term “unbelieving” to describe those who do not exercise faith in the ransom of Jesus Christ. Such people have not separated themselves from the unclean world and have not been set free from slavery to sin. Though unbelievers may be living honest, moral lives, they are not in themselves holy, or clean, in God’s eyes.—Joh 8:34-36; 2Co 6:17; Jas 4:4; see study note on is sanctified in relation to in this verse.
is sanctified in relation to: The Greek verb ha·gi·aʹzo, here rendered “is sanctified,” and the corresponding adjective haʹgi·os, meaning “holy,” denote being set aside for God. Anything sanctified would be holy, clean, set aside for God’s service. (Mr 6:20; 2Co 7:1; 1Pe 1:15, 16; see Glossary, “Holy; Holiness.”) This clean standing before God comes to those who exercise faith in God’s provision through his Son.—See study note on unbelieving in this verse.
holy: Paul does not say that the unbelieving mate is made “holy” by the marriage bond. The unbelieving mate may engage in wrongdoing or unclean practices. Rather, Paul says that the unbelieving one is sanctified “in relation to” the believer. So God counts such a marriage relationship or union as clean, honorable. Because of the believer, the young children of the union are considered holy, under divine care and protection—a better position than that of children who do not have even one believing parent.
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