1 Corinthians 7:25

Geneva Bible (1560)

Nowe 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.

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  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 But I speake this by permission, not by commandement.
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.
  • 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 But 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 7:28 : 28 But 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.
  • 1 Cor 7:34 : 34 There 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.
  • 1 Cor 7:36-38 : 36 But 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. 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.
  • 1 Cor 7:40 : 40 But shee is more blessed, if she so abide, in my iudgement: and I thinke that I haue also the Spirite of God.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vaine: but I laboured more aboundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For wee are not as many, which make marchandise of the woorde of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God in ye sight of God speake we in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 Therefore, seeing that we haue this ministerie, as we haue receiued mercy, we faint not: 2 But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.
  • 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue. 9 For ye knowe the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, that hee being rich, for your sakes became poore, that yee through his pouertie might be made rich. 10 And I shewe my minde herein: for this is expedient for you, which haue begun not to doe onely, but also to will, a yeare agoe.
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.
  • 1 Tim 1:12-16 : 12 Therefore I thanke him, which hath made me strong, that is, Christ Iesus our Lord: for he counted me faithfull, and put me in his seruice: 13 When before I was a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and an oppresser: but I was receiued to mercie: for I did it ignorantly through vnbeliefe. 14 But the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and loue, which is in Christ Iesus. 15 This is a true saying, and by all meanes worthy to be receiued, that Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue sinners, of whom I am chiefe. 16 Notwithstanding, for this cause was I receiued to mercie, that Iesus Christ should first shewe on me all long suffering vnto the ensample of them, which shall in time to come beleeue in him vnto eternall life.
  • Ps 78:63 : 63 The fire deuoured their chosen men, and their maides were not praised.
  • 1 Cor 7:10 : 10 And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.

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  • 1 Cor 7:26-29
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    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.

    28 But 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.

    29 And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none:

  • 1 Cor 7:32-40
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    32 And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may please the Lord.

    33 But hee that is maried, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

    34 There 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.

    35 And 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.

    36 But 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.

    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.

    39 The 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.

    40 But shee is more blessed, if she so abide, in my iudgement: and I thinke that I haue also the Spirite of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-12
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    4 The 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.

    5 Defraude 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.

    6 But I speake this by permission, not by commandement.

    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.

    8 Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.

    9 But if they cannot abstaine, let them marrie: for it is better to marrie then to burne.

    10 And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.

    11 But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, & let not the husband put away his wife.

    12 But 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.

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    24 Brethren, let euery man, wherein hee was called, therein abide with God.

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

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

  • 1 Cor 7:16-18
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    16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wife?

    17 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.

    18 Is any man called being circumcised? Let him not gather his vncircumcision: is any called vncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3 As touching me, I passe very litle to be iudged of you, or of mans iudgement: no, I iudge not mine owne selfe.

    4 For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 11:2
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    2 For I am ielous ouer you, with godly ielousie: for I haue prepared you for one husband, to present you as a pure virgine to Christ:

  • 1 Cor 7:20
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    20 Let euery man abide in the same vocation wherein he was called.

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

  • 1 Tim 5:7
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    7 These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.

  • 1 Tim 5:9
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    9 Let not a widow be taken into the number vnder three score yeere olde, that hath beene the wife of one husband,

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.

  • 1 Cor 14:37
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    37 If 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.

  • 1 Thess 4:2
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    2 For ye knowe what commaundements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.

  • 1 Cor 10:15
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    15 I speake as vnto them which haue vnderstanding: iugde ye what I say.

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2 For 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.

    3 So 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.

  • 1 Tim 5:11
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    11 But refuse the yonger widowes: for when they haue begun to waxe wanton against Christ, they will marrie,

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8 Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient,

  • Heb 13:4
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    4 Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.

  • Matt 25:1
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    1 Then ye kingdome of heauen shalbe likened vnto tenne virgins, which tooke their lampes, and went foorth to meete the bridegrome.

  • 1 Cor 5:1
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    1 It is heard certainely that there is fornication among you: and such fornication as is not once named among the Gentiles, that one should haue his fathers wife.

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    15 Knowe 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.

  • Titus 1:6
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    6 If any be vnreproueable, the husbande of one wife, hauing faithfull children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.

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    2 Now brethren, I commend you, that ye remember all my things, & keepe the ordinances, as I deliuered them to you.

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    7 Consider what I say: and the Lord giue thee vnderstanding in all things: