1 Corinthians 7:1
Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman.
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- 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.
- 1 Cor 7:26-27 : 26 I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be. 27 Art thou bounde vnto a wife? Seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? Seeke not a wife.
- 1 Cor 7:37-38 : 37 Neuerthelesse, hee that standeth firme in his heart, that hee hath no neede, but hath power ouer his owne will, and hath so decreed in his heart, that hee will keepe his virgine, hee doeth well. 38 So then hee that giueth her to mariage, doeth wel, but he that giueth her not to mariage, doeth better.
- Gen 20:6 : 6 And God saide vnto him by a dreame, I knowe that thou diddest this euen with an vpright minde, and I kept thee also that thou shouldest not sinne against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touche her.
- Ruth 2:9 : 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reape, and goe thou after the maidens. Haue I not charged the seruants, that they touche thee not? Moreouer whe thou art a thirst, go vnto ye vessels, and drinke of that which ye seruants haue drawen.
- Prov 6:29 : 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife, shall not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.
- Matt 19:10-11 : 10 Then sayd his disciples to him, If the matter be so betweene man and wife, it is not good to marry. 11 But he sayd vnto them, All men cannot receiue this thing, saue they to whom it is giuen.
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- 1 Cor 7:2-1413 verses84%
2Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.
3Let the husbande giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and likewise also the wife vnto the husband.
4The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: & likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.
5Defraude not one another, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may giue your selues to fasting and praier, and againe come together that Satan tempt you not for your incontinecie.
6But I speake this by permission, not by commandement.
7For I woulde that all men were euen as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, and another after that.
8Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.
9But if they cannot abstaine, let them marrie: for it is better to marrie then to burne.
10And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.
11But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, & let not the husband put away his wife.
12But to ye remnant I speake, & not ye Lord, If any brother haue a wife, ye beleeueth not, if she be cotent to dwell with him, let him not forsake her.
13And the woman which hath an husbande that beleeueth not, if he be content to dwell with her, let her not forsake him.
14For the vnbeleeuing husband is sanctified to the wife, and the vnbeleeuing wife is sanctified to the husbande, els were your children vncleane: but nowe are they holie.
- 1 Cor 7:24-296 verses78%
24Brethren, let euery man, wherein hee was called, therein abide with God.
25Nowe concerning virgines, I haue no commaundement of the Lorde: but I giue mine aduise, as one that hath obtained mercie of the Lord to be faithfull.
26I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.
27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? Seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? Seeke not a wife.
28But if thou takest a wife, thou sinnest not: and if a virgine marrie, shee sinneth not: neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none:
- 1 Cor 7:32-409 verses75%
32And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may please the Lord.
33But hee that is maried, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
34There is difference also betweene a virgine and a wife: the vnmaried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirite: but shee that is maried, careth for the things of the worlde, howe shee may please her husband.
35And this I speake for your owne commoditie, not to tangle you in a snare, but that yee followe that, which is honest, and that yee may cleaue fast vnto the Lord without separation.
36But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgine, if shee passe the flower of her age, and neede so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them be maried.
37Neuerthelesse, hee that standeth firme in his heart, that hee hath no neede, but hath power ouer his owne will, and hath so decreed in his heart, that hee will keepe his virgine, hee doeth well.
38So then hee that giueth her to mariage, doeth wel, but he that giueth her not to mariage, doeth better.
39The wife is bounde by the Lawe, as long as her husband liueth: but if her husband bee dead, shee is at libertie to marie with whome she will, onely in the Lord.
40But shee is more blessed, if she so abide, in my iudgement: and I thinke that I haue also the Spirite of God.
- 1 Thess 4:3-42 verses71%
3For this is the will of God euen your sanctification, and that ye should abstaine from fornication,
4That euery one of you should know, how to possesse his vessell in holines and honour,
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10Then sayd his disciples to him, If the matter be so betweene man and wife, it is not good to marry.
- Rom 7:2-32 verses70%
2For the woman which is in subiection to a man, is bound by the Lawe to the man, while he liueth: but if the man bee dead, shee is deliuered from the lawe of the man.
3So then, if while the man liueth, she taketh another man, she shalbe called an adulteresse: but if the man be dead, she is free fro the Law, so that shee is not an adulteresse, though shee take another man.
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18Flee fornication: euery sinne that a man doeth, is without the bodie: but hee that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne bodie.
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21As, Touch not, Taste not, Handle not.
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7For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.
- 1 Cor 7:16-172 verses69%
16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wife?
17But as God hath distributed to euery man, as the Lorde hath called euery one, so let him walke: and so ordaine I, in all Churches.
- 1 Cor 6:15-162 verses69%
15Knowe yee not, that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
16Doe ye not knowe, that he which coupleth himselfe with an harlot, is one body? for two, sayeth he, shalbe one flesh.
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9I wrote vnto you in an Epistle, that ye should not companie together with fornicatours,
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11Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.
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20Let euery man abide in the same vocation wherein he was called.
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3Forbidding to marrie, and commanding to absteine from meates which God hath created to be receiued with giuing thankes of them which beleeue and knowe the trueth.
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19Thou shalt not also go vnto a woman to vncouer her shame, as long as she is put apart for her disease.
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4Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.
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29That is, that ye absteine from things offered to idoles, and blood, and that that is strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keepe your selues, ye shall doe well. Fare ye well.
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7For a man ought not to couer his head: for as much as he is the image & glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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7They shall not take to wife an whore, or one polluted, neither shall they marrie a woman diuorced from her husband: for such one is holy vnto his God.
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29So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife, shall not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.