1 Corinthians 7:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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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 7:7 : 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 7:26-27 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 7:32 : 32 And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may please the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 7:34-35 : 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.

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  • 1 Cor 7:24-29
    6 verses
    84%

    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.

    28But 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.

    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 7:9-17
    9 verses
    83%

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

    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.

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

    14For 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.

    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?

    17But 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 7:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:32-40
    9 verses
    79%

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

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

    34There 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.

    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Matt 19:9-10
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    74%

    9I say therefore vnto you, that whosoeuer shall put away his wife, except it be for whoredome, and marry another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her which is diuorced, doeth commit adulterie.

    10Then sayd his disciples to him, If the matter be so betweene man and wife, it is not good to marry.

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

    3So 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 Cor 7:20
    71%

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

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

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

  • 1 Tim 5:14
    69%

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

  • Matt 22:25-26
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    69%

    25Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.

    26Likewise also the second, and the third, vnto the seuenth.

  • Titus 1:6
    69%

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

  • 1 Tim 5:16
    69%

    16If any faithfull man, or faithfull woman haue widowes, let them minister vnto them, and let not the Church bee charged, that there may bee sufficient for them that are widowes in deede.

  • Mark 10:7-8
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    69%

    7For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.

    8And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh.

  • Num 30:9
    68%

    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.

  • 1 Tim 3:2
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    2A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,

  • Luke 20:34-35
    2 verses
    67%

    34Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, The children of this world marry wiues, and are married.

    35But they which shalbe counted worthy to enioy that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry wiues, neither are married.

  • Matt 19:6
    67%

    6Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.

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

  • Luke 20:29
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    29Now there were seuen brethren, & the first tooke a wife, and he dyed without children.

  • 1 Tim 5:3
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    3Honour widowes, which are widowes in deede.