1 Corinthians Chapter 7
7:1 | Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman. |
7:2 | Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. |
7:3 | Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. |
7:4 | The wife hath not ![]() ![]() |
7:5 | Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a ![]() |
7:6 | But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment. |
7:7 | For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. |
7:8 | I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. |
7:9 | But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. |
7:10 | And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband: |
7:11 | But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife. |
7:12 | But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. |
7:13 | And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. |
7:14 | For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. |
7:15 | But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace. |
7:16 | For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt ![]() ![]() |
7:17 | But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. |
7:18 | Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. |
7:19 | Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. |
7:20 | Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. |
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7:22 | For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord' freeman: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ' servant. |
7:23 | Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. |
7:24 | Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. |
7:25 | Now concerning ![]() |
7:26 | I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be. |
7:27 | ![]() ![]() |
7:28 | But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a ![]() |
7:29 | But this I say, brethren, the ![]() |
7:30 | And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; |
7:31 | And they that use this world, as not abusing [it]: for the fashion of this world passeth away. |
7:32 | But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: |
7:33 | But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife. |
7:34 | There is difference [also] between a wife and a ![]() ![]() |
7:35 | And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. |
7:36 | But if any man ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7:37 | Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath ![]() ![]() |
7:38 | So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better. |
7:39 | The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. |
7:40 | But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I ![]() ![]() |