1 Corinthians 7:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress—that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

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  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Now concerning the things you wrote to me about: 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 remain even as I am.
  • Luke 21:23 : 23 But woe to those who are with child and to those who 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 to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For indeed, the days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nursed.
  • Jer 16:2-4 : 2 You shall not take a wife for yourself, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who begot them in this land: 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their carcasses shall be food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.
  • Matt 24:19 : 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing babies in those days!
  • 1 Cor 7:28 : 28 But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless, such will have trouble in the flesh, but I spare you.
  • 1 Cor 7:35-38 : 35 And this I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction. 36 But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he will. He does not sin; let them marry. 37 Nevertheless, he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well. 38 So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:6-13
    8 verses
    84%

    6 But I speak this by permission, and not as a command.

    7 For I wish that all men were as I am. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

    8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

    9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

    10 And to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not leave her husband:

    11 But if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.

    12 But to the rest I speak, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.

    13 And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, and he is willing to live with her, let her not leave him.

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

    27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

    28 But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless, such will have trouble in the flesh, but I spare you.

    29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short; so that from now on, even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

    30 those who weep, as though they did not weep; those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; those who buy, as though they did not possess,

    31 and those who use this world, as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.

    32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

    33 But he who is married cares about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

    34 There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

    35 And this I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.

    36 But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he will. He does not sin; let them marry.

    37 Nevertheless, he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.

    38 So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

    39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

    40 But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

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

    24 Brethren, let each one remain with God in the state in which he was called.

    25 Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, yet I give my judgment as one whom the Lord in his mercy has made trustworthy.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 Now concerning the things you wrote to me about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2 Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  • Matt 19:10
    72%

    10 His disciples said to him, If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.

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

    20 Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.

    21 Were you called while a servant? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it.

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

    15 But if the unbeliever departs, let them depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.

    16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

    17 But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.

    18 Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

  • Phil 1:22-24
    3 verses
    69%

    22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I do not know.

    23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;

    24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.

  • Rom 7:1-3
    3 verses
    69%

    1 Do you not know, brothers, (for I speak to those who know the law,) that the law has dominion over a person as long as he lives?

    2 For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is released from the law of her husband.

    3 So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she will be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she is married to another man.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    67%

    15 But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

  • Phlm 1:15
    67%

    15 For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever;

  • Lam 3:27
    67%

    27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.

  • Phil 2:20
    67%

    20 For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
    67%

    13 For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;

  • 1 Cor 11:11
    66%

    11 Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor 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 beneficial: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

  • 2 Tim 2:4
    65%

    4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.

  • 1 Cor 4:3
    65%

    3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment; indeed, I do not even judge myself.

  • Phlm 1:8
    65%

    8 Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do what is fitting,

  • 1 Tim 3:2
    65%

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

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