Thematic Bible
1 Corinthians 7:1 (show verse)
Now, concerning the things whereof ye wrote, it were, good, for a man, not to touch, a woman;
1 Corinthians 7:2 (show verse)
But, on account of fornications, let, each man, have, his own wife, and, each woman, have, her own husband:
1 Corinthians 7:3 (show verse)
Unto the wife, let the husband render what is her due, and, in like manner, the wife also, unto the husband, -
1 Corinthians 7:4 (show verse)
The wife, over her own body, hath not authority, but the husband, and, in like manner, the husband also, over his own body, hath not authority, but the wife.
1 Corinthians 7:5 (show verse)
Be not depriving one another - unless perhaps by consent for a season, that ye may have leisure for prayer, and, again, may be together, - lest Satan be tempting you by reason of your want of self-control.
1 Corinthians 7:6 (show verse)
This, however I am saying, by way of concession, not of injunction;
1 Corinthians 7:7 (show verse)
Besides, I desire all men to be, even as myself, - but, each one, hath his, personal, gift from God, one, after this manner, and, another, after that.
1 Corinthians 7:8 (show verse)
But I say, to the unmarried, and to the widows, good, were it for them, that they should abide, even as I;
1 Corinthians 7:9 (show verse)
But, if they have not self-control, let them marry, for, better, is it, to marry than to burn.
1 Corinthians 7:10 (show verse)
To the married, however, I give charge - not, I, but the Lord, - that, a wife, from her husband, do not depart, -
1 Corinthians 7:11 (show verse)
But, if she should even depart, let her remain unmarried, or, to her husband, be reconciled; and let not, a husband, leave, his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:12 (show verse)
But, unto the rest, say, I - not the Lord, - if, any brother, hath, a wife that believeth not, and, she, is well pleased to dwell with him, let him not leave her;
1 Corinthians 7:13 (show verse)
And, a woman who hath a husband that believeth not, and, he, is well pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband; -
1 Corinthians 7:14 (show verse)
For the husband that believeth not is hallowed in the wife, and the wife that believeth not is hallowed in the brother: else were, your children, impure, but, now, are they, pure.
1 Corinthians 7:15 (show verse)
But, if, the unbelieving, departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister hath not come into bondage, in such cases, but, in peace, hath God called us.
1 Corinthians 7:16 (show verse)
For how knowest thou, O woman, whether, thy husband, thou shalt save? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether, thy wife, thou shalt save?
1 Corinthians 7:17 (show verse)
If not - as the Lord hath distributed - unto each one, as God hath called, each one, so, let him be walking; - and, so, in all the assemblies, I ordain.
1 Corinthians 7:18 (show verse)
After being circumcised, was any called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision, hath any been called? let him not be circumcised:
1 Corinthians 7:19 (show verse)
The circumcision, is, nothing, and, the uncircumcision, is, nothing, - but keeping the commandments of God.
1 Corinthians 7:20 (show verse)
Each one, in the calling wherein he was called, in the same, let him abide:
1 Corinthians 7:21 (show verse)
A bond-servant, wast thou called? let it not cause thee concern; but, if thou canst even become, free, rather use it.
1 Corinthians 7:22 (show verse)
For, he who in the Lord was called, being a bond-servant, is, a freed-man of the Lord: in like manner, he that was called being, a freeman, is Christ's bond-servant: -
1 Corinthians 7:23 (show verse)
With a price, have ye been bought, - do not become bond-servants of men:
1 Corinthians 7:24 (show verse)
Each one, wherein he was called, brethren, in the same, let him abide with God.
1 Corinthians 7:25 (show verse)
But, concerning them who are virgin, injunction of the Lord, have I none; yet, a judgment, do I give, as one who hath obtained mercy from the Lord to be, faithful:
1 Corinthians 7:26 (show verse)
I consider this, then, to be, good, in the circumstances, by reason of the existing distress, - that it is, good for a man, so, to be:
1 Corinthians 7:27 (show verse)
Hast thou become bound to a wife? do not seek to be loosed; hast thou become loosed from a wife? do not seek a wife.
1 Corinthians 7:28 (show verse)
If, however, thou shouldst even marry, thou hast not sinned; and, if one who is virgin should marry, that one hath not sinned; - but, tribulation of the flesh, shall, such, have: - howbeit, I, spare you.
1 Corinthians 7:29 (show verse)
But, this, I say - the opportunity is, contracted for what remaineth - in order that, they who have wives, may be, as though they had none,
1 Corinthians 7:30 (show verse)
And, they who weep, as though they wept not, and, they who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not, and, they who buy, as though they possessed not,
1 Corinthians 7:31 (show verse)
And, they who use the world, as though they used it not to the full, - for the fashion of this world passeth away;
1 Corinthians 7:32 (show verse)
And I desire you to be, without anxiety: - the unmarried man, is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
1 Corinthians 7:33 (show verse)
But, he that hath married, is anxious for the things of the world, how may please his wife -
1 Corinthians 7:34 (show verse)
And he is divided; and, the unmarried woman, or the virgin, is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy bothin her body and in her spirit; but, she that hath married, is anxious for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:35 (show verse)
This, however, with a view to your own profit, am I saying, - not that, a snare, upon you, I may cast, but with a view to what is comely, and devoted unto the Lord, without distraction.
1 Corinthians 7:36 (show verse)
If however anyone considereth it behaving unseemly towards his virginity, if he should be beyond the bloom of life, - and, thus, it ought to come about, what he chooseth, let him do, - he sinneth not: let them marry:
1 Corinthians 7:37 (show verse)
But, he that standeth in his heart, steadfast, having no necessity, but hath authority concerning his own will, and, this, hath determined in his own heart, - to preserve his own virginity, well shall he do.
1 Corinthians 7:38 (show verse)
So that, he that giveth in marriage his own virginity, doeth, well; and, he that giveth it not, shall do, better.
1 Corinthians 7:39 (show verse)
A wife, is bound for as long a time as her husband is living; but, if the husband have fallen asleep, she is, free, to be married unto whom she pleaseth, - only, in the Lord;
1 Corinthians 7:40 (show verse)
But, happier, is she, if, so, she remain, - in my judgment; for I think, I also, have the Spirit of God.