| | | |---|---| |vv. 10–11|Don’t separate, but if you do, seek reconciliation.| |vv. 12–13|If the unbelieving spouse consents to stay, do not seek divorce.| |v. 15|If the unbelieving spouse separates (i.e., leaves the marriage), the believer is not bound (i.e., is free to remarry).| |v. 39|If a spouse dies, the one who lives is free to remarry, but only to marry another believer (cf.Rom. 7:1–4).|