1 Corinthians 7:40
But shee is more blessed, if she so abide, in my iudgement: and I thinke that I haue also the Spirite of God.
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- 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman.
- 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 But I speake this by permission, not by commandement.
- 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 7:25-26 : 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.
- 1 Cor 7:35 : 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.
- 1 Cor 9:1-3 : 1 Am I not an Apostle? am I not free? haue I not seene Iesus Christ our Lord? are ye not my worke in the Lord? 2 If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doutlesse I am vnto you: for ye are the seale of mine Apostleship in the Lord. 3 My defence to them that examine mee, is this,
- 1 Cor 14:36-37 : 36 Came the worde of God out from you? either came it vnto you onely? 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.
- 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 8 For though I shoulde boast somewhat more of our authoritie, which the Lorde hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I should haue no shame. 9 This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters. 10 For the letters, sayeth hee, are sore and strong, but his bodily presence is weake, and his speache is of no value.
- 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.
- 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Hee therefore that despiseth these thinges, despiseth not man, but God who hath euen giuen you his holy Spirit.
- 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 And suppose that the long suffering of our Lord is saluation, euen as our beloued brother Paul according to the wisedome giuen vnto him wrote to you, 16 As one, that in all his Epistles speaketh of these thinges: among the which some thinges are hard to be vnderstand, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable, wrest, as they do also other Scriptures vnto their owne destruction.
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- 1 Cor 7:32-398 verses84%
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.
- Rom 7:1-44 verses76%
1 Knowe yee not, brethren, (for I speake to them that knowe the Lawe) that the Lawe hath dominion ouer a man as long as he liueth?
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.
4 So yee, my brethren, are dead also to the Law by ye body of Christ, that ye should be vnto an other, euen vnto him that is raised vp from the dead, that we should bring foorth fruite vnto God.
- 1 Cor 7:6-1712 verses76%
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.
- 1 Cor 7:24-296 verses75%
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:
- 1 Cor 7:1-44 verses71%
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.
- Num 30:6-72 verses67%
6 (30:7) And if she haue an husband when she voweth or pronounceth ought with her lips, wherewith she bindeth her selfe,
7 (30:8) If her husband heard it, & holdeth his peace concerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vowe shall stande, and her bondes wherewith she bindeth her selfe shall stand in effect.
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17 But hee that is ioyned vnto the Lorde, is one spirite.
- Num 30:9-113 verses67%
9 (30:10) But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is diuorced (wherewith she hath bound her selfe) shall stand in effect with her.
10 (30:11) And if she vowed in her husbands house, or bound her selfe streightly with an othe,
11 (30:12) And her husband hath heard it, and helde his peace cocerning her, not disalowing her, then all her vowes shall stand, and euery bond, wherewith she bound her selfe, shall stand in effect.
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15 Notwithstanding, through bearing of children she shalbe saued if they continue in faith, and loue, and holines with modestie.
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11 Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.
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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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6 But shee that liueth in pleasure, is dead, while shee liueth.
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2 And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man,
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5 Or haue we not power to lead about a wife being a sister, as well as the rest of the Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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20 Let euery man abide in the same vocation wherein he was called.
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10 Then sayd his disciples to him, If the matter be so betweene man and wife, it is not good to marry.
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13 Iudge in your selues, Is it comely that a woman pray vnto God vncouered?
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34 Let your women keepe silence in the Churches: for it is not permitted vnto them to speake: but they ought to be subiect, as also the Lawe sayth.