1 Corinthians 7:26

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 ¶ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
  • Luke 21:23 : 23 ‹But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.›
  • Luke 23:28-29 : 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, ‹Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.› 29 ‹For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed› [are] ‹the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.›
  • Jer 16:2-4 : 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; [but] they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
  • Matt 24:19 : 19 ‹And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!›
  • 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 7:35-38 : 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.
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:6-13
    8 verses
    84%

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

    7For 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.

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

    9But 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:

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

    12But 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.

    13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

  • 1 Cor 7:27-40
    14 verses
    79%

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

    28But 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.

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

    30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

    31And they that use this world, as not abusing [it]: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

    32But 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:

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

    34There 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.

    35And 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.

    37Nevertheless 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.

    38So 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.

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

  • 1 Cor 7:24-25
    2 verses
    78%

    24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

    25¶ 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.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • Matt 19:10
    72%

    10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

  • 1 Cor 7:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

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

    21Art thou called [being] a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use [it] rather.

  • 1 Cor 7:15-18
    4 verses
    71%

    15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace.

    16For 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.

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

  • Phil 1:22-24
    3 verses
    69%

    22But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

    23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

    24Nevertheless to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for you.

  • Rom 7:1-3
    3 verses
    69%

    1¶ Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

    2For 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.

    3So 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 Cor 9:15
    67%

    15¶ But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

  • Phlm 1:15
    67%

    15For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

  • Lam 3:27
    67%

    27[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

  • Phil 2:20
    67%

    20For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
    67%

    13For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

  • 1 Cor 11:11
    66%

    11Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 6:12
    66%

    12¶ All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

  • 2 Tim 2:4
    65%

    4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

  • 1 Cor 4:3
    65%

    3But 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.

  • Phlm 1:8
    65%

    8¶ Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

  • 1 Tim 3:2
    65%

    2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;