1 Corinthians 7:32

Geneva Bible (1560)

And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may please the Lord.

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  • 1 Tim 5:5 : 5 And shee that is a widowe in deede and left alone, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and praiers night and day.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Be nothing carefull, but in all thinges let your requestes be shewed vnto God in praier, and supplication with giuing of thankes.
  • Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast thy burden vpon the Lorde, and hee shall nourish thee: he wil not suffer the righteous to fall for euer.
  • Matt 6:25-34 : 25 Therefore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your life, what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drinke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth then meate? and the bodie then raiment? 26 Behold the foules of the heauen: for they sowe not, neither reape, nor carie into the barnes: yet your heauenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they? 27 Which of you by taking care is able to adde one cubite vnto his stature? 28 And why care ye for raiment? Learne howe the lilies of the fielde doe growe: they are not wearied, neither spinne: 29 Yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his glorie was not arayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the fielde which is to day, and to morowe is cast into the ouen, shall he not doe much more vnto you, O ye of litle faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things. 33 But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you. 34 Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe: the day hath ynough with his owne griefe.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 And hee that receiued the seede among thornes, is hee that heareth the woorde: but the care of this worlde, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he is made vnfruitfull.

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  • 88%

    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.

  • 79%

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

    25 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.

    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:

    30 And they that weepe, as though they wept not: and they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: and they that bye, as though they possessed not:

    31 And they that vse this worlde, as though they vsed it not: for the fashion of this worlde goeth away.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-17
    17 verses
    79%

    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.

    3 Let the husbande giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and likewise also the wife vnto the husband.

    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.

    13 And the woman which hath an husbande that beleeueth not, if he be content to dwell with her, let her not forsake him.

    14 For 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.

    15 But 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.

    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.

  • 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:

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

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

  • 7 These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.

  • Eph 5:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27 That hee might make it vnto him selfe a glorious Church, not hauing spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it shoulde bee holy and without blame.

    28 So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.

  • 32 This is a great secrete, but I speake concerning Christ, and concerning the Church.

  • 4 No man that warreth, entangleth himselfe with the affaires of this life, because he woulde please him that hath chosen him to be a souldier.

  • 7 Cast all your care on him: for he careth for you.

  • 4 That euery one of you should know, how to possesse his vessell in holines and honour,

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

  • 2 A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,

  • 12 That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

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

  • 17 But hee that is ioyned vnto the Lorde, is one spirite.

  • 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.