1 Corinthians 7:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

But 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.

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  • 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, which is my beloued sonne, and faithfull in the Lord, which shall put you in remembrance of my wayes in Christ as I teache euery where in euery Church.
  • 2 Cor 11:28 : 28 Beside the thinges which are outwarde, I am combred dayly, and haue the care of all the Churches.
  • Rom 12:3-8 : 3 For I say through the grace that is giuen vnto me, to euery one that is among you, that no man presume to vnderstande aboue that which is meete to vnderstand, but that he vnderstande according to sobrietie, as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith. 4 For as wee haue many members in one body, and all members haue not one office, 5 So we being many are one body in Christ, and euery one, one anothers members. 6 Seeing then that we haue gifts that are diuers, according to the grace that is giuen vnto vs, whether we haue prophecie, let vs prophecie according to the portion of faith: 7 Or an office, let vs waite on the office: or he that teacheth, on teaching: 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that distributeth, let him doe it with simplicitie: he that ruleth, with diligence: he that sheweth mercie, with cheerefulnesse.
  • 2 Cor 8:18 : 18 And wee haue sent also with him the brother, whose praise is in the Gospel throughout al the Churches.
  • Matt 19:12 : 12 For there are some eunuches, which were so borne of their mothers belly: & there be some eunuches, which be gelded by men: and there be some eunuches, which haue gelded them selues for the kingdome of heauen. He that is able to receiue this, let him receiue it.
  • 1 Pet 4:10-11 : 10 Let euery man as hee hath receiued the gift, minister the same one to another, as good disposers of the manifolde grace of God. 11 If any man speake, let him speake as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth, that God in al things may be glorified through Iesus Christ, to whome is prayse and dominion for euer, and euer, Amen.
  • 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 For 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.
  • 1 Cor 7:18 : 18 Is any man called being circumcised? Let him not gather his vncircumcision: is any called vncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
  • 1 Cor 7:20-21 : 20 Let euery man abide in the same vocation wherein he was called. 21 Art thou called being a seruant? care not for it: but if yet thou maiest be free, vse it rather.
  • 1 Cor 7:24 : 24 Brethren, let euery man, wherein hee was called, therein abide with God.
  • 1 Cor 14:33 : 33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as we see in all ye Churches of the Saints.
  • 1 Cor 16:1 : 1 Concerning the gathering for the Saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galatia, so doe ye also.

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  • 1 Cor 7:18-22
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    18Is any man called being circumcised? Let him not gather his vncircumcision: is any called vncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

    19Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandements of God.

    20Let euery man abide in the same vocation wherein he was called.

    21Art thou called being a seruant? care not for it: but if yet thou maiest be free, vse it rather.

    22For he that is called in the Lorde, being. a seruant, is the Lords freeman: likewise also he that is called being free, is Christes seruant.

  • 1 Cor 7:24-27
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:6-8
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:15-16
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    15But if the vnbeleeuing depart, let him depart: a brother or a sister is not in subiection in such things: but God hath called vs in peace.

    16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wife?

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
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    1Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman.

    2Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

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    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.

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4For as wee haue many members in one body, and all members haue not one office,

    5So we being many are one body in Christ, and euery one, one anothers members.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-12
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 12:11-12
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    11And all these thinges worketh one and the selfe same Spirit, distributing to euery man seuerally as he will.

    12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, which is one, though they be many, yet are but one body: euen so is Christ.

  • 1 Cor 12:18
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    18But nowe hath God disposed the members euery one of them in the bodie at his owne pleasure.

  • 1 Pet 4:10-11
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    10Let euery man as hee hath receiued the gift, minister the same one to another, as good disposers of the manifolde grace of God.

    11If any man speake, let him speake as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth, that God in al things may be glorified through Iesus Christ, to whome is prayse and dominion for euer, and euer, Amen.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
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    5Who is Paul then? And who is Apollos, but the ministers by whome yee beleeued, and as the Lord gaue to euery man?

  • 2 Thess 3:6
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    6We warne you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which hee receiued of vs.

  • 1 Cor 7:32
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    32And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may please the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 12:27
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    27Now ye are the body of Christ, and members for your part.

  • 1 Cor 11:16
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    16But if any man lust to be contentious, we haue no such custome, neither the Churches of God.

  • 1 Cor 11:2-3
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    2Now brethren, I commend you, that ye remember all my things, & keepe the ordinances, as I deliuered them to you.

    3But I wil that ye know, that Christ is the head of euery man: and the man is the womans head: and God is Christs head.

  • 1 Cor 12:14
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    14For the body also is not one member, but many.

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    14So also hath the Lorde ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.

  • 1 Cor 14:37
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    37If any man thinke him selfe to be a Prophet, or spirituall, let him acknowledge, that the things, that I write vnto you, are the commandements of the Lord.

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    40Let all things be done honestly, and by order.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.

  • Rom 12:7
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    7Or an office, let vs waite on the office: or he that teacheth, on teaching:

  • 1 Cor 7:29
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    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 16:1
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    1Concerning the gathering for the Saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galatia, so doe ye also.

  • 1 Thess 4:7
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    7For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannesse, but vnto holinesse.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    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.

  • Rom 7:2
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    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.