1 Corinthians 7:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

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  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment.
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
  • 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
  • 1 Cor 7:28 : 28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
  • 1 Cor 7:34 : 34 There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:36-38 : 36 ¶ But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of [her] age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 38 So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.
  • 1 Cor 7:40 : 40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 ¶ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
  • 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 10 And herein I give [my] advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 That which I speak, I speak [it] not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
  • 1 Tim 1:12-16 : 12 ¶ And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
  • Ps 78:63 : 63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
  • 1 Cor 7:10 : 10 ¶ And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:

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    26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be.

    27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

    28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

    29 But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

  • 1 Cor 7:32-40
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    32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

    33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife.

    34 There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.

    35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

    36 ¶ But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of [her] age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

    37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

    38 So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.

    39 ¶ The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

    40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-12
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    4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

    5 Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

    6 But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment.

    7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

    8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

    9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

    10 ¶ And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:

    11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.

    12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

  • 1 Cor 7:24
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    24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
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    1 ¶ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2 Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:16-18
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    16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife?

    17 ¶ But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

    18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

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    3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

    4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

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    2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.

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    20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11 Nevertheless 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 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

  • 1 Tim 5:9
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    9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

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    8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

  • 1 Cor 14:37
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    37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

  • 1 Thess 4:2
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    2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

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    15 ¶ I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.

    3 So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

  • 1 Tim 5:11
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    11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

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  • Heb 13:4
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    4 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  • Matt 25:1
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  • 1 Cor 5:1
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  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15 Know ye 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 blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

  • 1 Cor 11:2
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    2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered [them] to you.

  • 2 Tim 2:7
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    7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

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