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1 Corinthians 7

Paul answers questions about marriage, sexual relations, singleness, separation, mixed marriages, and serving God in one’s present calling. He honors both marriage and celibacy as legitimate gifts while giving practical counsel shaped by the present distress and by undivided devotion to the Lord.

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Verses 1–9Paul gives counsel about marriage, mutual responsibility, and self-control Verses 10–16Married believers should not depart, and a believing spouse may remain with an unbelieving spouse Verses 17–24Believers should serve God faithfully in the calling where they were called Verses 25–40Paul gives counsel to the unmarried and widows in light of present distress and undivided service

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1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It…2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own…3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and…4The wife hath not power of her own body, but…5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with…6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.7For I would that all men were even as I…8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is…9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it…10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but…11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or…12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If…13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not,…14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and…15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother…16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save…17But as God hath distributed to every man, as the…18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become…19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping…20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he…21Art thou called being a servant? care not for it:…22For he that is called in the Lord, being a…23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the…24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide…25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord:…26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present…27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be…28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and…29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it…30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and…31And they that use this world, as not abusing it:…32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is…33But he that is married careth for the things that…34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin.…35And this I speak for your own profit; not that…36But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely…37Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no…38So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well;…39The wife is bound by the law as long as…40But she is happier if she so abide, after my…