1 Corinthians 7:8
I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I.
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- 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman.
- 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that.
- 1 Cor 7:26-27 : 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.
- 1 Cor 7:32 : 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:
- 1 Cor 7:34-35 : 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.
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- 1 Cor 7:24-296 verses84%
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 7:9-179 verses83%
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.
14 For the vnbeleuing husbande is sanctified by the wyfe, and the vnbeleuyng wyfe is sanctified by the husbande: els were your children vncleane, but nowe are they holy.
15 But if the vnbeleuing depart, let hym depart: A brother or a sister is not in subiection in such thinges: But God hath called vs in peace.
16 For howe knowest thou O woman, whether thou shalt saue thy husbande? or how knowest thou O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wyfe?
17 But as God hath distributed to euery man, as the Lorde hath called euery one, so let hym walke, and so ordeyne I in all Churches.
- 1 Cor 7:6-72 verses81%
6 This I say of fauour, & not of commaundement.
7 For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that.
- 1 Cor 7:32-409 verses79%
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.
37 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.
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.
- 1 Cor 7:1-22 verses78%
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.
- Matt 19:9-102 verses74%
9 I say vnto you: whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, except it be for fornication, and maryeth another, committeth adulterie: And who so maryeth her which is diuorced, doth comit adulterie.
10 His disciples say vnto hym: If the matter be so betwene man and wyfe, then is it not good to mary.
- Rom 7:2-32 verses72%
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.
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20 Let euery man abyde in the same calling, wherein he was called.
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9 Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde, hauyng ben the wyfe of one man.
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11 But the yonger wydowes refuse: For whe they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe, they wyll marrie:
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14 I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie, to beare chyldren, to guyde the house, to geue none occasion to ye aduersarie to speake slaunderously.
- Matt 22:25-262 verses69%
25 Ther were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maryed a wyfe, and deceassed without issue, and left his wyfe vnto his brother.
26 Likewyse, the seconde, and the thirde, vnto the seuenth.
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6 If any be blamelesse, the husbande of one wyfe, hauyng faythfull chyldren, not accusable of riote, or vntractable.
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16 Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes, let them susteine them, & let not the Churches be charged, that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede.
- Mark 10:7-82 verses69%
7 And sayde for this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and byde by his wyfe:
8 And they twayne shalbe one fleshe. So then are they no more twayne, but one fleshe.
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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.
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2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache,
- Luke 20:34-352 verses67%
34 Iesus aunswered and saide vnto the: The chyldren of this worlde marrye wyues, and are marryed:
35 But they which shalbe counted worthy to enioy that worlde, and the resurrection from the dead, do not marrye wyues, neither are marryed,
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6 Wherfore, they are no more twayne, but one fleshe. Let not man therefore put a sunder, that which God hath coupled together.
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4 Wedlocke is honorable among all men, and the bed vndefiled: But whoremongers and adulterers God wyll iudge.
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29 There were therfore seuen brethren, and the first toke a wyfe, & dyed without chyldren.
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3 Honour wydowes, whiche are wydowes in deede.