1 Corinthians 7:37

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Neuerthelesse, he that purposeth surely in his heart hauing no neede, but hath power ouer his owne wyll, and hath so decreed in his heart that he wyl kepe his virgin, doth well.

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  • 1 Cor 7:32-36
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    85%

    32I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde:

    33But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe.

    34There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: Againe she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande.

    35This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that ye may folowe that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation.

    36But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgin if she passe the time of mariage, and neede so require, let him do what he wyll, he sinneth not: let them be maryed.

  • 1 Cor 7:38-40
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    38So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage, doth well: but he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage, doth better.

    39The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as long as her husbande lyueth: but if her husband be dead, she is at libertie to marry with whom she wil, onely in the Lorde.

    40But she is happier if she so abide, after my iudgement: And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:24-29
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    24Brethren, let euery man wherin he is called, therin abyde with God.

    25Nowe concerning virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lord: yet geue I counsell, as one that hath obtayned mercy in the Lorde to be faythfull.

    26I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for I say it is good for a man so to be.

    27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe.

    28But and if thou marrie a wyfe, thou sinnest not, and if a virgin marrie, she hath not sinned: Neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in their fleshe, but I beare with you.

    29But this say I brethren, the tyme is short: It remayneth, that they which haue wyues, be as though they had none:

  • 1 Cor 7:8-13
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    8I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I.

    9But if they can not abstayne, let them marrie: For it is better to marrie then to burne.

    10Unto the maryed commaunde, not I, but the Lord, Let not the wyfe depart from the husbande:

    11But and if she depart, let her remayne vnmarried, or be reconciled vnto her husbande againe: And let not the husbande put away his wyfe.

    12But to the renmaunt speake I, not the Lorde: If any brother haue a wife that beleueth not, if she be content to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

    13And the woman which hath to her husbande an infidell, and he consent to dwel with her, let her not put him away.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
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    1Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman.

    2Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

  • Lev 21:13-14
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    13He shall take a mayde vnto his wife.

    14But a wydowe, a deuorsed woman, or a polluted, or a harlot, these shall he not marrie: but shall take a mayde of his owne people to wyfe.

  • Exod 22:16-17
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    16If a man entice a mayde that is not betrouthed, and lye with her, he shall endowe her, and take her to his wyfe.

    17And if her father refuse to geue her vnto him, he shal pay money, according to the dowrie of virgins.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-5
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    4The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body, but the husbande: And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body, but the wife.

    5Defraude you not the one the other, except it be with both your consentes for a time, that ye may geue your selues to fasting and prayer: and afterward come together againe, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie.

  • Deut 20:7
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    7And if any man be betrouthed vnto a wyfe, and haue not taken her: let hym go and returne agayne vnto his house, lest he dye in the battayle, and another man take her.

  • Num 30:9
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    9But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is deuorsed, that they haue bounde their soule withall, shall stande in effect with them.

  • Deut 22:20
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    20But and yf the thyng be of a suretie that the damsell be not founde a virgin:

  • 1 Thess 4:3-4
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    3For this is the wyll of God, your holynesse, that ye should abstayne from fornication:

    4That euery one of you should knowe how to possesse his vessell in holynesse and honour:

  • Deut 22:23
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    23If a mayde be betrouthed vnto an husbande, and then a man finde her in the towne, and lye with her:

  • Num 30:3-4
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    3If a woman also vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde, & bynde her selfe being in her fathers house in the tyme of her youth:

    4And her father heare her vowe and bonde which she hath made vpon her soule, & holde his peace therto: then all her vowes and bondes which she hath made vpo her soule, shal stande in effect.

  • Deut 22:28
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    28If a man finde a mayde that is not betrouthed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde:

  • 1 Cor 7:20
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    20Let euery man abyde in the same calling, wherein he was called.

  • Num 30:6-7
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    6If she had an husbande, when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lippes, wherwith she bounde her soule:

    7And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace therat the same day he hearde it: then her vowes shall stande, and her bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect.

  • Matt 19:10
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    10His disciples say vnto hym: If the matter be so betwene man and wyfe, then is it not good to mary.

  • Exod 21:9-10
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    9If he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wyfe, he shall deale with her as men do with their daughters.

    10And if he take hym another wyfe: yet her foode, her rayment, and duetie of maryage shall he not minishe.

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2For the woman which is in subiectio to a man, is bounde by the lawe to the man, as long as he lyueth: But yf the man be dead, she is loosed from the lawe of the man.

    3So then yf whyle the man lyueth, she couple her selfe with another man, she shalbe counted a wedlocke breaker: But yf the man be dead, she is free from the law, so that she is no wedlocke breaker, though she couple her selfe with another man.

  • 1 Tim 5:11
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    11But the yonger wydowes refuse: For whe they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe, they wyll marrie:

  • Num 30:11
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    11And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace concernyng her, & disalowed her not: then all her vowes shal stande, and euery bonde wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande.

  • Lev 21:3
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    3And by his sister a mayde that is nye vnto hym, whom no man hath knowe: for her shall he be defiled.

  • Num 30:16
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    16These are the ordinaunces which the Lord commaunded Moyses betweene a man and his wyfe, and betweene the father and his daughter, beyng yet a damsell in her fathers house.

  • Deut 22:14
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    14And lay shamefull thynges vnto her charge, and bryng vp an euyll name vpon her, and say, I toke this wyfe, and when I came to her I founde her not a mayde: