1 Corinthians 7:26

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Because of the present distress, I think it is good for a person to remain as they are.

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  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am.
  • Luke 21:23 : 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.
  • Luke 23:28-29 : 28 But Jesus turned to them and said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For look, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'
  • Jer 16:2-4 : 2 You are not to marry or have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this place, as well as their mothers who bear them and their fathers who father them in this land: 4 They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will lie like dung on the ground. They will perish by the sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
  • Matt 24:19 : 19 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
  • 1 Cor 7:28 : 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
  • 1 Cor 7:35-38 : 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. 36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are strong and he feels it must be so, let him do as he wants. He is not sinning; they should marry. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, the one who marries the virgin does right, but the one who does not marry her does better.
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the house of God, and if it begins with us, what will become of those who disobey the gospel of God?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:6-13
    8 verses
    84%

    6I say this as a concession, not as a command.

    7I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

    8To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am.

    9But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

    10To the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord: A wife must not separate from her husband.

    11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

    12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

    13And if a woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

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

    27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

    28But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

    29This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as if they do not.

    30Those who weep, as if they did not weep; those who rejoice, as if they did not rejoice; those who buy, as if they did not possess.

    31And those who use the things of this world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

    32I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord.

    33But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife.

    34And his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs. Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband.

    35I 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.

    36If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are strong and he feels it must be so, let him do as he wants. He is not sinning; they should marry.

    37But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing.

    38So then, the one who marries the virgin does right, but the one who does not marry her does better.

    39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

    40Yet in my opinion, she is happier if she remains as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

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

    24Brothers and sisters, each one should remain with God in the condition they were in when called.

    25Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who, by the Lord’s mercy, is trustworthy.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

  • Matt 19:10
    72%

    10The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."

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

    20Each person should remain in the condition in which they were called.

    21Were you called while a slave? Do not let it trouble you. But if you can gain your freedom, do so.

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

    15But if the unbeliever departs, let them do so. A brother or sister is not bound in such circumstances. God has called us to live in peace.

    16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

    17Nevertheless, 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.

    18Was anyone called after being circumcised? Let him not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

  • Phil 1:22-24
    3 verses
    69%

    22Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful labor for me. Yet I do not know what I shall choose.

    23I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;

    24but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.

  • Rom 7:1-3
    3 verses
    69%

    1Do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a person as long as they live?

    2For a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.

    3Consequently, while her husband is still alive, she would be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so she would not be an adulteress by becoming another man’s wife.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    67%

    15But I have not made use of any of these rights, and I am not writing this to make it happen for me. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

  • Phlm 1:15
    67%

    15For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back forever.

  • Lam 3:27
    67%

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

  • Phil 2:20
    67%

    20For I have no one else like him, who will genuinely care about your concerns.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
    67%

    13Our desire is not for others to be relieved while you are burdened, but for equality.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
    66%

    11Nevertheless, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

  • 1 Cor 6:12
    66%

    12All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

  • 2 Tim 2:4
    65%

    4No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the affairs of civilian life; instead, they strive to please the one who enlisted them.

  • 1 Cor 4:3
    65%

    3But to me, it is of little importance to be judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself.

  • Phlm 1:8
    65%

    8For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,

  • 1 Tim 3:2
    65%

    2Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,