¹² To the rest^[a] I say (not the Lord): if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she is willing to go on living with him, he should not divorce her; ¹³ and if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he is willing to go on living with her, she should not divorce her husband. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through the brother. Otherwise your children would be unclean, whereas in fact they are holy.^(A)

¹⁵ If the unbeliever separates,^[b] however, let him separate. The brother or sister is not bound in such cases; God has called you to peace. ¹⁶ For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband; or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

The Life That the Lord Has Assigned.^[c]

²² Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.^{(A) 23} For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body.^{(B) 24} As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.

The Christian Family. ^18 [a]Wives, be subordinate to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord.^(A)

⁹ Similarly, [too,] women should adorn themselves with proper conduct, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hairstyles and gold ornaments, or pearls, or expensive clothes,^{(A) 10} but rather, as befits women who profess reverence for God, with good deeds.^{(B) 11} A woman must receive instruction silently and under complete control.^{(C) 12} I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man.^[a] She must be quiet. ¹³ For Adam was formed first, then Eve.^{(D) 14} Further, Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.^{(E) 15} But she will be saved through motherhood, provided women persevere in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.^(F)