1 Corinthians 7:16

7:16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?

1 Corinthians 15:1-2

Christ’s Resurrection

15:1 Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand, 15:2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.


tn Grk “will save your husband?” The meaning is obviously that the wife would be the human agent in leading her husband to salvation.

tn Grk “will save your wife?” The meaning is obviously that the husband would be the human agent in leading his wife to salvation.

tn Grk “Now I make known to you.”

tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.