1 Corinthians 7:25

World English Bible (2000)

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

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  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
  • 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 But to the rest I--not the Lord--say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
  • 1 Cor 7:28 : 28 But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
  • 1 Cor 7:34 : 34 There is also 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.
  • 1 Cor 7:36-38 : 36 But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let them marry. 37 But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well. 38 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn't give her in marriage does better.
  • 1 Cor 7:40 : 40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint. 2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the 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 way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich. 10 I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 That which I speak, I don't speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
  • 1 Tim 1:12-16 : 12 And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service; 13 although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
  • Ps 78:63 : 63 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
  • 1 Cor 7:10 : 10 But to the married I command--not I, but the Lord--that the wife not leave her husband

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  • 1 Cor 7:26-29
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    26I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

    27Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.

    28But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

    29But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

  • 1 Cor 7:32-40
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    32But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

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

    34There is also 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.

    35This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

    36But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let them marry.

    37But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

    38So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn't give her in marriage does better.

    39A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.

    40But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-12
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    4The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.

    5Don't deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn't tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

    6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

    7Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

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

    9But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.

    10But to the married I command--not I, but the Lord--that the wife not leave her husband

    11(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

    12But to the rest I--not the Lord--say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.

  • 1 Cor 7:24
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    24Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
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    1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:16-18
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    16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

    17Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

    18Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge my own self.

    4For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 11:2
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    2For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

  • 1 Cor 7:20
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    20Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 5:7
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    7Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

  • 1 Tim 5:9
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    9Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

  • 1 Cor 14:37
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    37If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

  • 1 Thess 4:2
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    2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 10:15
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    15I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

    3So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

  • 1 Tim 5:11
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    11But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

  • Heb 13:4
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    4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

  • Matt 25:1
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    1"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

  • 1 Cor 5:1
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    1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

  • Titus 1:6
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    6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

  • 1 Cor 11:2
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    2Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

  • 2 Tim 2:7
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    7Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.