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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  • 85%

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

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

    34 There 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.

    35 This 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.

    36 But 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.

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    38 So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage, doth well: but he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage, doth better.

    39 The 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.

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

  • 77%

    24 Brethren, let euery man wherin he is called, therin abyde with God.

    25 Nowe 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.

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

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

    28 But 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.

    29 But 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
    6 verses
    77%

    8 I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I.

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

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

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

    12 But 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.

    13 And 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
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman.

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

  • Lev 21:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 He shall take a mayde vnto his wife.

    14 But 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.

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    16 If a man entice a mayde that is not betrouthed, and lye with her, he shall endowe her, and take her to his wyfe.

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

  • 1 Cor 7:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 The 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.

    5 Defraude 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.

  • 7 And 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.

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

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

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    3 For this is the wyll of God, your holynesse, that ye should abstayne from fornication:

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

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

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

    4 And 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.

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

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

  • Num 30:6-7
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    69%

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

    7 And 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.

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

  • Exod 21:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 If he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wyfe, he shall deale with her as men do with their daughters.

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

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
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    2 For 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.

    3 So 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.

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

  • 11 And 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.

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

  • 16 These 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.

  • 14 And 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: