Our Free Daily Devotional

SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2022

TEXT: 1 Corinthians 7:12-24

12. I don’t know of anything else the Lord said about marriage. All I can do is to give you my own advice. If your wife isn’t a follower of the Lord, but is willing to stay with you, don’t divorce her.

13. If your husband isn’t a follower, but is willing to stay with you, don’t divorce him.

14. Your husband or wife who isn’t a follower is made holy by having you as a partner. This also makes your children holy and keeps them from being unclean in God’s sight.

15. If your husband or wife isn’t a follower of the Lord and decides to divorce you, then you should agree to it. You are no longer bound to that person. After all, God chose you and wants you to live at peace.

16. And besides, how do you know if you will be able to save your husband or wife who isn’t a follower?

17. In every church I tell the people to stay as they were when the Lord Jesus chose them and God called them to be his own. Now I say the same thing to you.

18. If you are already circumcised, don’t try to change it. If you are not circumcised, don’t get circumcised.

19. Being circumcised or uncircumcised isn’t really that matters. The important thing is to obey God’s commands.

20. So don’t try to change what you were when God chose you.

21. Are you a slave? Don’t let that bother you. But if you can win your freedom, you should.

22. When the Lord chooses slaves, they become his free people. And when he chooses free people, they become slaves of Christ.

23. God paid a great price for you. So don’t become slaves of anyone else.

24. Stay what you were when God chose you.

(Contemporary English Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: HONOR GOD WITH YOUR MARRIAGE

Here, Paul counsels that a man or woman whose marriage partner is not a believer should not be driven away by the believing partner. The unbelieving partner should be allowed to stay because the believing partner’s life brings holiness to his or her marriage and their children will be holy.

If unbelieving partner decides to back out of the marriage, then the believing partner is no more bound to it. We are encouraged to live in whatever situation the Lord has placed us. Take a look at your marriage and ask whether God is honored in it.

QUESTION: Do you know that God can make a difference in your marriage?

PRAYER: I surrender my marriage to You, Oh Lord, please have Your way in it, Amen.