Verse 11

But he said to them, "Not everyone can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given."

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:17 : 17 Nevertheless, each person should live as the Lord has assigned them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
  • 1 Cor 7:35 : 35 I am saying this for your benefit, not to restrict you, but so that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 Jesus replied, "The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but not to them.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:7-9 : 7 I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.