1 Corinthians 7:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Cor 7:12-14 : 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. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
  • 1 Cor 7:20 : 20 Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.

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  • 1 Cor 7:28-29
    2 verses
    84%

    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,

  • Rom 7:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    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.

    4 Therefore, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ; that you may be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.

  • 1 Cor 7:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    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.

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

  • 1 Cor 7:32-40
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    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 7:7-17
    11 verses
    79%

    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.

    14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    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.

    3 Let the husband give to the wife her due affection, and likewise also the wife to the husband.

    4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

    5 Do not deprive one another, except with consent for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  • Matt 19:10
    73%

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

  • Deut 20:7
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    7 And what man is there who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • 1 Cor 7:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

    22 For he who is called in the Lord while a servant is the Lord's freedman. Likewise, he who is called while free is Christ's servant.

  • Mark 10:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

    8 And the two shall become one flesh: so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.

    9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

  • Deut 28:30
    71%

    30 You shall marry a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Matt 19:6
    70%

    6 Therefore they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

  • 1 Cor 6:16
    69%

    16 What? Do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For two, says He, shall be one flesh.

  • Matt 22:25
    69%

    25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.

  • Mark 10:11
    68%

    11 And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

  • Eph 5:31
    68%

    31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

  • Lev 21:7
    68%

    7 They shall not take a wife who is a whore, or profane; nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.