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....
Sewaktu membantu seorang Kristen yang teman hidupnya tidak seiman, para penatua dapat menggunakan nasihat Paulus, ” Kepada orang - orang yang menikah aku memberikan instruksi, namun bukan aku melainkan Tuan, agar seorang istri tidak pergi dari suaminya; tetapi jika ia benar - benar harus pergi, hendaklah ia tetap tidak menikah atau jika tidak, rukun kembali dengan suaminya; dan seorang suami janganlah meninggalkan istrinya....