When asked for help by Christians living in religiously divided households, elders refer to such counsel as that of Paul, who wrote: “To the married people I give instructions, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not depart from her husband; but if she should actually depart, let her remain unmarried or else make up again with her husband; and a husband should not leave his wife....
عِنْدَمَا يَطْلُبُ ٱلْمَسِيحِيُّونَ ٱلْعَائِشُونَ فِي بَيْتٍ مُنْقَسِمٍ دِينِيَّا ٱلدَّعْمَ مِنَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ ،‏ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُشِيرَ هؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَشُورَةِ بُولُسَ :‏ « أَمَّا ٱلْمُتَزَوِّجُونَ فَأُوَصِّيهِمْ ،‏ لَا أَنَا بَلِ ٱلرَّبُّ ،‏ أَلَّا تُفَارِقَ ٱلزَّوْجَةُ زَوْجَهَا .‏ وَلٰكِنْ إِنْ فَارَقَتْهُ ،‏ فَلْتَبْقَ غَيْرَ مُتَزَوِّجَةٍ أَوْ فَلْتَصْطَلِحْ مَعَ زَوْجِهَا .‏