1 Corinthians 7:26

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good `it is' for a man not to touch a woman,
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I `am';
  • Luke 21:23 : 23 `And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;
  • Luke 23:28-29 : 28 and Jesus having turned unto them, said, `Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children; 29 for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;
  • Jer 16:2-4 : 2 Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place. 3 For thus said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers -- those bearing them, And of their fathers -- those begetting them in this land: 4 Of painful deaths they die, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are, And by sword and by famine are consumed, And their carcase hath been for food To the fowl of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth.
  • Matt 24:19 : 19 `And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck in those days;
  • 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 7:35-38 : 35 And 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, 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 Pet 4:17 : 17 because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:6-13
    8 verses
    84%

    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;

    13and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

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

    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;

    30and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;

    31and those using this world, as not using `it' up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

    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 7:24-25
    2 verses
    78%

    24each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.

    25And 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:

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    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;

  • Matt 19:10
    72%

    10His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'

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

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

    21a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use `it' rather;

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

    15And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such `cases', and in peace hath God called us;

    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;

  • Phil 1:22-24
    3 verses
    69%

    22And if to live in the flesh `is' to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;

    23for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

    24and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,

  • Rom 7:1-3
    3 verses
    69%

    1Are ye ignorant, brethren -- for to those knowing law I speak -- that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?

    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 Cor 9:15
    67%

    15And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for `it is' good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void;

  • Phlm 1:15
    67%

    15for perhaps because of this he did depart for an hour, that age-duringly thou mayest have him,

  • Lam 3:27
    67%

    27Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.

  • Phil 2:20
    67%

    20for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care,

  • 2 Cor 8:13
    67%

    13for not that for others release, and ye pressured, `do I speak,'

  • 1 Cor 11:11
    66%

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

  • 1 Cor 6:12
    66%

    12All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I -- I will not be under authority by any;

  • 2 Tim 2:4
    65%

    4no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

  • 1 Cor 4:3
    65%

    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,

  • Phlm 1:8
    65%

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

  • 1 Tim 3:2
    65%

    2it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,