71 Corinthians 7

1Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.Select 1 Corinthians 7:1

2But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife: and let every woman have her own husband.Select 1 Corinthians 7:2

3Let the husband render the debt to his wife: and the wife also in like manner to the husband.Select 1 Corinthians 7:3

4The wife hath not power of her own body: but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body: but the wife.Select 1 Corinthians 7:4

5Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer: and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.Select 1 Corinthians 7:5

6But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.Select 1 Corinthians 7:6

7For I would that all men were even as myself. But every one hath his proper gift from God: one after this manner, and another after that.Select 1 Corinthians 7:7

8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.Select 1 Corinthians 7:8

9But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.Select 1 Corinthians 7:9

10But to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband.Select 1 Corinthians 7:10

11And if she depart, that she remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.Select 1 Corinthians 7:11

12For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not and she consent to dwell with him: let him not put her away.Select 1 Corinthians 7:12

13And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not and he consent to dwell with her: let her not put away her husband.Select 1 Corinthians 7:13

14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife: and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband. Otherwise your children should be unclean: but now they are holy.Select 1 Corinthians 7:14

15But if the unbeliever depart, let him depart. For a brother or sister is not under servitude in such cases. But God hath called us in peace.Select 1 Corinthians 7:15

16For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?Select 1 Corinthians 7:16

17But as the Lord hath distributed to every one, as God hath called every one: so let him walk. And so in all churches I teach.Select 1 Corinthians 7:17

18Is any man called, being circumcised? Let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.Select 1 Corinthians 7:18

19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing: but the observance of the commandments of God.Select 1 Corinthians 7:19

20Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.Select 1 Corinthians 7:20

21Wast thou called, being a bondman? Care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.Select 1 Corinthians 7:21

22For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of Christ.Select 1 Corinthians 7:22

23You are bought with a price: be not made the bondslaves of men.Select 1 Corinthians 7:23

24Brethren, let every man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.Select 1 Corinthians 7:24

25Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.Select 1 Corinthians 7:25

26I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity: that it is good for a man so to be.Select 1 Corinthians 7:26

27Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.Select 1 Corinthians 7:27

28But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you.Select 1 Corinthians 7:28

29This therefore I say, brethren: The time is short. It remaineth, that they also who have wives be as if they had none:Select 1 Corinthians 7:29

30And they that weep, as though they wept not: and they that rejoice, as if they rejoiced not: and they that buy as if they possessed not:Select 1 Corinthians 7:30

31And they that use this world, as if they used it not. For the fashion of this world passeth away.Select 1 Corinthians 7:31

32But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord: how he may please God.Select 1 Corinthians 7:32

33But he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the world: how he may please his wife. And he is divided.Select 1 Corinthians 7:33

34And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord: that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world: how she may please her husband.Select 1 Corinthians 7:34

35And this I speak for your profit, not to cast a snare upon you, but for that which is decent and which may give you power to attend upon the Lord, without impediment.Select 1 Corinthians 7:35

36But if any man think that he seemeth dishonoured with regard to his virgin, for that she is above the age, and it must so be: let him do what he will. He sinneth not if she marry.Select 1 Corinthians 7:36

37For he that hath determined, being steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power of his own will: and hath judged this in his heart, to keep his virgin, doth well.Select 1 Corinthians 7:37

38Therefore both he that giveth his virgin in marriage doth well: and he that giveth her not doth better.Select 1 Corinthians 7:38

39A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband die, she is at liberty. Let her marry to whom she will: only in the Lord.Select 1 Corinthians 7:39

40But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel. And I think that I also have the spirit of God.Select 1 Corinthians 7:40