1 Corinthians 7:25
With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 7:6
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
1 Corinthians 4:2
Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.
1 Corinthians 7:12
To the rest I say -- I, not the Lord -- if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.
Psalm 78:63
Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.
1 Corinthians 7:10
To the married I give this command -- not I, but the Lord -- a wife should not divorce a husband
1 Corinthians 7:28
But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems.
1 Corinthians 7:34
and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:36-38
If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.
1 Corinthians 7:40
But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is -- and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.
2 Corinthians 4:1-2
Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
2 Corinthians 8:8-10
I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.
2 Corinthians 11:17
What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.
1 Timothy 1:12-16
I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,