1 Corinthians 7:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:32-36 : 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: 33 But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife. 34 And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband. 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.
  • 2 Cor 1:23 : 23 But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:24-27
    4 verses
    84%

    24My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.

    25Now 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.

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

    27If 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 7:32-40
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    81%

    32But 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:

    33But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

    34And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

    35Now 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.

    36But 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.

    37But 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.

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

    39It 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.

    40But 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.

  • 1 Cor 7:29
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    29But 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 7:4-16
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    79%

    4The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

    5Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

    6But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

    7It 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.

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

    9But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

    10But 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.

    12But 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.

    13And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.

    14For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

    15But 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.

    16For 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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    1Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

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

  • Rom 7:2-4
    3 verses
    74%

    2For 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.

    3So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

    4In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

  • Matt 19:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

    10The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

  • 1 Cor 6:18
    70%

    18Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

  • Deut 28:30
    70%

    30You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

  • Heb 13:4
    69%

    4Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

  • 1 Cor 6:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15Do 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.

    16Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.

  • Deut 20:7
    69%

    7Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.

  • Deut 22:28
    69%

    28If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;

  • Matt 22:25
    68%

    25Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

  • Luke 20:34-35
    2 verses
    68%

    34And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;

    35But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;

  • Num 5:28
    67%

    28But if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.

  • Lev 21:13
    67%

    13And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.

  • 1 Tim 5:11
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    11But to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;

  • Num 30:6
    67%

    6But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.

  • Luke 16:18
    67%

    18Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.

  • Matt 22:28
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    28When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.