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I now want to reply to the matters you people wrote me about. It is [a] good [idea] for a man not to get married. [Note: The words "to get married" here are "to touch" in the Greek and probably refer to sexual relations within marriage. This advice, not a prohibition, is further explained in verses 26-35].

Verse ConceptsAsceticism, TypesSexualitySinglenessCelibacyCourtingNot TouchingWriting LettersGood ActivityNot MarryingsexRelationships With BoyfriendMarriage Between Man And WomanGodly WomanSexual ImmoralityRelationships And DatingMarriage KjvA Good WomanSex Before MarriageA Good ManMan And WomanBeing SingleStruggles In RelationshipA Good Husbanddistractionsmarraigewomanmatrimonywomanhood

But if any man thinks he is [being tempted to] behave improperly toward his virgin [fiancee], and she is past prime [marriageable] age, and feels the need [to get married] [Note: The Greek says "and so it has to be"], he should do what he wants; they should get married --- that man has not sinned.

Verse ConceptsVirginMarriage AllowedPassionSame Sex Marriagecouplesactingvirginity

What soldier ever served [in the army] and paid his own expenses? Who [ever] planted a grape orchard and did not get to eat some of the grapes it produced? Or, who [ever] tended a flock of goats and did not get to drink some of the milk?

Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofGrapesMilkSoldiersVineyardPlanting VineyardsPerspective

for each of you hurries to get his own supper and eat it, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.

Verse ConceptsLord's SupperWaitingcommunionovereating

You know that those who work in the Temple get their food from the Temple and that those who serve at the altar get their share of its offerings, don't you?

Verse ConceptsAltarsOfferingsPermitted To Eat OfferingsServingLiveMinistryServing The ChurchWaiting Till Marriageworkingzealotspriests

Otherwise, if there is no such thing as a resurrection, what is the meaning of people getting baptized on behalf of their dead? If dead men do not rise at all, why do people get baptized on their behalf?

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofAre The Dead Raised?Christian Baptism

If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FailureFire Of JudgementBemalosing a loved oneLosing SomeonePurgatorysmoking

Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

Verse ConceptsAsh WednesdayAgreeing For GoodOne FleshSatan, As TempterSelf ControlSpiritual VitalityTemptation, ResistingTemptation, Sources OfSex Within MarriageAbstinenceBeing TemptedThe Devil Tempting PeoplesexFasting And PrayerSex Before MarriageSame Sex Marriagespousecouples

If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

Verse ConceptsAvoid DivorceUnmarriedMarriage KjvBeing Singlespousemarraigematrimony

And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;

Verse ConceptsDo Not MournLack Of Rejoicing

So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

Verse ConceptsGood ActivityNot MarryingMarriage Kjvmatrimonyvirginity

Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTMinistry, In The ChurchSchoolLiveSupportSpreading The GospelLiving For GodMinistrypreaching

Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfSelfishness, Shown InPleasing MenAdaptability

Howbeit, I will come quickly unto you, - if, the Lord, please, - and will get to know - not the speech of them who are puffed up, but, the power;

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutDrawbacks To Man's PowerMere TalkGod's Will Be Done

Was anyone already circumcised when he was called? He should not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

Verse ConceptsConsider Your Call To SalvationNecessity Of Circumcision