1 Corinthians 7:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 7:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 7:14 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 7:14 — KJV
“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.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:14 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 7:14 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 7:14
“Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:14: wife, children, now
“And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. remaineth: Heb. dwelleth”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:14: children, unclean, holy
“They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:14: husband, wife, holy
“Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:14: children, unclean, holy
“And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:14: husband, now, holy
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