1 Corinthians 7:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Brethren, let each man, wherein {G3739} he was called, therein {G5129} abide with God.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 7:20 : 20 Let each man abide in that calling wherein {G3739} he was called.
1 Cor 10:31 : 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Col 3:23-24 : 23 {G2532} whatsoever {G3748} {G1437} ye do, work heartily, {G5590} as unto the Lord, and not unto men; 24 knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: {G1063} ye serve the Lord Christ.
Gen 5:22-24 : 22 and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23 and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
1 Cor 7:17 : 17 Only, {G3361} 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Cor 7:15-23
9 verses
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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, {G3361} 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.
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.
20Let each man abide in that calling wherein {G3739} he was called.
21Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if {G2532} thou canst become free, use [it] rather.
22For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise {G2532} he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant.
23Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.
1 Cor 7:6-8
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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 {G3303} 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.
1 Cor 7:25-27
3 verses
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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.
26I 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.
27Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.
1 Cor 7:1-2
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1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: {G3427} 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.
1 Cor 7:35-37
3 verses
72%
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.
Rom 14:12
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12So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
1 Cor 7:10-12
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10But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
11(but {G2532} should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and {G863} 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.
1 Thess 4:4
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4that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
1 Pet 1:17
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17And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
1 Thess 4:7
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7For God {G2564} called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Rom 12:7
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7or ministry, [let us give ourselves] to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;
1 Cor 7:29
69%
29But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
Rom 14:5
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5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.
1 Cor 7:32
69%
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:
Rom 14:7-8
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69%
7For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.
8For whether {G5037} we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether {G5037} we live therefore, or {G5037} die, we are the Lord's.
1 Pet 1:15
69%
15but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;
Rom 12:4-5
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4For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office:
5so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and {G2596} severally members one of another.
1 Cor 10:24
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24Let no man seek his own, but [each] his neighbor's [good].
Eph 4:1
69%
1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
1 Cor 16:13
69%
13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
1 Thess 5:24
69%
24Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.
1 Cor 1:9
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9God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Tim 2:4
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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 7:39-40
2 verses
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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 15:58
68%
58Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
Gal 5:13
68%
13For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
2 Cor 6:17
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17Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
Eph 6:7
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7with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:
1 Pet 3:8
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8Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
2 Cor 7:1
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1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.