1 Corinthians 7:26

American Standard Version (1901)

I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely], that it is good for a man to be as he is.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
  • Luke 21:23 : 23 Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.
  • Luke 23:28-29 : 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.
  • Jer 16:2-4 : 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place. 3 For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land: 4 They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
  • Matt 24:19 : 19 But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
  • 1 Cor 7:28 : 28 But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.
  • 1 Cor 7:35-38 : 35 And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry. 37 But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his own heart, to keep his own virgin [daughter], shall do well. 38 So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time [is come] for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if [it begin] first at us, what [shall be] the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:6-13
    8 verses
    84%

    6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

    7Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

    8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

    9But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

    10But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

    11(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

    12But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

    13And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:27-40
    14 verses
    79%

    27Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

    28But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

    29But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

    30and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not;

    31and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

    32But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

    33but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

    34and is divided. [So] also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

    35And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

    36But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

    37But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his own heart, to keep his own virgin [daughter], shall do well.

    38So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

    39A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

    40But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:24-25
    2 verses
    78%

    24Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.

    25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • Matt 19:10
    72%

    10The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

  • 1 Cor 7:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

    21Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use [it] rather.

  • 1 Cor 7:15-18
    4 verses
    71%

    15Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such [cases] : but God hath called us in peace.

    16For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

    17Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.

    18Was any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

  • Phil 1:22-24
    3 verses
    69%

    22But if to live in the flesh,--[ if] this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.

    23But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

    24yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

  • Rom 7:1-3
    3 verses
    69%

    1Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth?

    2For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

    3So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    67%

    15But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorifying void.

  • Phlm 1:15
    67%

    15For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

  • Lam 3:27
    67%

    27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

  • Phil 2:20
    67%

    20For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
    67%

    13For [I say] not [this] that others may be eased [and] ye distressed;

  • 1 Cor 11:11
    66%

    11Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 6:12
    66%

    12All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

  • 2 Tim 2:4
    65%

    4No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

  • 1 Cor 4:3
    65%

    3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

  • Phlm 1:8
    65%

    8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

  • 1 Tim 3:2
    65%

    2The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;