1 Corinthians 7:17

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Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

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  • 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
  • 2 Cor 11:28 : 28 In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.
  • Rom 12:3-8 : 3 But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith. 4 For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use, 5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another; 6 And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith; 7 Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it; 8 He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
  • 2 Cor 8:18 : 18 And with him we have sent a brother whose praise in the good news has gone through all the churches;
  • Matt 19:12 : 12 For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.
  • 1 Pet 4:10-11 : 10 Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God; 11 If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.
  • 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.
  • 1 Cor 7:18 : 18 If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.
  • 1 Cor 7:20-21 : 20 Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God. 21 If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.
  • 1 Cor 7:24 : 24 My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.
  • 1 Cor 14:33 : 33 For God is not a God whose ways are without order, but a God of peace; as in all the churches of the saints.
  • 1 Cor 16:1 : 1 Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:18-22
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    18 If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.

    19 Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.

    20 Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.

    21 If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

    22 For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.

  • 1 Cor 7:24-27
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    24 My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.

    25 Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

    26 In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

    27 If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:6-8
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    6 But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

    7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

    8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

  • 1 Cor 7:15-16
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    15 But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.

    16 For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
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    1 Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

    2 But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:35-40
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    35 Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

    36 But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

    37 But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.

    38 So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

    39 It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

    40 But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4 For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

    5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

  • 1 Cor 7:10-12
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    10 But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

    11 (Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

    12 But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

  • 1 Cor 12:11-12
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    11 But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

    12 For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

  • 1 Cor 12:18
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    18 But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.

  • 1 Pet 4:10-11
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    10 Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;

    11 If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
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    5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

  • 2 Thess 3:6
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    6 Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.

  • 1 Cor 7:32
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    32 But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

  • 1 Cor 12:27
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    27 Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

  • 1 Cor 11:16
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    16 But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.

  • 1 Cor 11:2-3
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    2 Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

    3 But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

  • 1 Cor 12:14
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    14 For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

  • 1 Cor 9:14
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    14 Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

  • 1 Cor 14:37
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    37 If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 14:40
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    40 Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11 But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

  • Rom 12:7
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    7 Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

  • 1 Cor 7:29
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    29 But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

  • 1 Cor 16:1
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    1 Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.

  • 1 Thess 4:7
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    7 Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15 Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

  • Rom 7:2
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    2 For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.