1 Corinthians 7:35

Geneva Bible (1560)

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.

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  • 1 Cor 7:36 : 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.
  • Eph 5:3 : 3 But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth Saintes,
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Furthermore, brethre, whatsoeuer things are true, whatsoeuer things are honest, whatsoeuer thinges are iust, whatsoeuer thinges are pure, whatsoeuer thinges are worthie loue, whatsoeuer things are of good report, if there be any vertue, or if there be any praise, thinke on these things,
  • 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 To whoremongers, to buggerers, to menstealers, to lyers, to the periured, and if there be any other thing, that is contrary to wholesome doctrine,
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,
  • 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.
  • Luke 8:14 : 14 And that which fell among thornes, are they which haue heard, and after their departure are choked with cares and with riches, and voluptuous liuing, and bring forth no fruite.
  • Luke 10:40-42 : 40 But Martha was combred about much seruing, and came to him, and saide, Master, doest thou not care that my sister hath left me to serue alone? bid her therefore, that she helpe me. 41 And Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Martha, Martha, thou carest, and art troubled about many things: 42 But one thing is needefull, Marie hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Take heede to your selues, lest at any time your hearts be oppressed with surfeting and drunkennesse, and cares of this life, and least that day come on you at vnwares.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:5-9 : 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.
  • 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 7:33-34 : 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.

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

    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:36-40
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    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 7:24-29
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    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:

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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.

    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.

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    14 I will therefore that the yonger women marie, and beare children, and gouerne the house, and giue none occasion to the aduersary to speake euill.

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  • 1 Cor 7:16-17
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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.

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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.

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    3 For this is the will of God euen your sanctification, and that ye should abstaine from fornication,

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

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    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.

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    2 While they beholde your pure conuersation, which is with feare.

    3 Whose apparelling, let it not be that outwarde, with broyded heare, and golde put about, or in putting on of apparell:

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    15 These things exercise, and giue thy selfe vnto them, that it may be seene howe thou profitest among all men.

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    33 Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.

  • 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.

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