1 Corinthians 7:8

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • 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 7:7 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 7:26-27 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 7:32 : 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:
  • 1 Cor 7:34-35 : 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.

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

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

    25Now 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.

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

    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;

  • 1 Cor 7:9-17
    9 verses
    83%

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

    10And 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.

    14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

    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?

    17But 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.

  • 1 Cor 7:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

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

    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.

    36But 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.

    39The 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 7:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Now 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 19:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

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

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    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 fm 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 fm that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

  • 1 Cor 7:20
    71%

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

  • 1 Tim 5:9
    70%

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

  • 1 Tim 5:11
    69%

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

  • 1 Tim 5:14
    69%

    14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

  • Matt 22:25-26
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    69%

    25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

    26Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

  • Titus 1:6
    69%

    6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

  • 1 Tim 5:16
    69%

    16If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

  • Mark 10:7-8
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    7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

    8And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

  • Num 30:9
    68%

    9But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

  • 1 Tim 3:2
    67%

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

  • Luke 20:34-35
    2 verses
    67%

    34And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

    35But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

  • Matt 19:6
    67%

    6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

  • Heb 13:4
    67%

    4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  • Luke 20:29
    67%

    29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

  • 1 Tim 5:3
    67%

    3Honour widows that are widows indeed.