1 Corinthians 7:25

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:

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  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command,
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,
  • 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 And to the rest I speak -- not the Lord -- if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;
  • 1 Cor 7:28 : 28 But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.
  • 1 Cor 7:34 : 34 The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:36-38 : 36 and if any one doth think `it' to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin -- let him marry. 37 And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart -- not having necessity -- and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart -- to keep his own virgin -- doth well; 38 so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.
  • 1 Cor 7:40 : 40 and she is happier if she may so remain -- according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that `is' towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that `is' with me;
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity -- but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.
  • 2 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint, 2 but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;
  • 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness, 9 for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich. 10 and an opinion in this do I give: for this to you `is' expedient, who not only to do, but also to will, did begin before -- a year ago,
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;
  • 1 Tim 1:12-16 : 12 And I give thanks to him who enabled me -- Christ Jesus our Lord -- that he did reckon me stedfast, having put `me' to the ministration, 13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief, 14 and exceedingly abound did the grace of our Lord, with faith and love that `is' in Christ Jesus: 15 stedfast `is' the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom I am; 16 but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:
  • Ps 78:63 : 63 His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.
  • 1 Cor 7:10 : 10 and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:

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  • 1 Cor 7:26-29
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    26I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that `it is' good for a man that the matter be thus: --

    27Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

    28But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.

    29And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;

  • 1 Cor 7:32-40
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    32And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

    33and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

    34The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

    35And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,

    36and if any one doth think `it' to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin -- let him marry.

    37And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart -- not having necessity -- and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart -- to keep his own virgin -- doth well;

    38so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

    39A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will -- only in the Lord;

    40and she is happier if she may so remain -- according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-12
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    4the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

    5Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

    6and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command,

    7for I wish all men to be even as I myself `am'; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

    8And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I `am';

    9and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

    10and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:

    11but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

    12And to the rest I speak -- not the Lord -- if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

  • 1 Cor 7:24
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    24each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
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    1And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good `it is' for a man not to touch a woman,

    2and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

  • 1 Cor 7:16-18
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    16for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

    17if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each -- so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

    18being circumcised -- was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man's day, but not even myself do I judge,

    4for of nothing to myself have I been conscious, but not in this have I been declared right -- and he who is discerning me is the Lord:

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    2for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

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    20Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain;

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11but neither `is' a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

  • 1 Tim 5:7
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    7and these things charge, that they may be blameless;

  • 1 Tim 5:9
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    9A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

  • 1 Cor 14:37
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    37if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you -- that of the Lord they are commands;

  • 1 Thess 4:2
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    2for ye have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus,

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    15as to wise men I speak -- judge ye what I say:

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

    3so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

  • 1 Tim 5:11
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    11and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit --

  • Heb 13:4
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    4honourable `is' the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

  • Matt 25:1
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    1`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;

  • 1 Cor 5:1
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    1Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations -- as that one hath the wife of the father! --

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make `them' members of an harlot? let it be not!

  • Titus 1:6
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    6if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate --

  • 1 Cor 11:2
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    2And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

  • 2 Tim 2:7
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    7be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all things.