Verse 24

1 Corinthians 7:24

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24 Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God (Elohim).

Original Language Text

greek

ἕκαστος ἐν ᾧ ἐκλήθη, ἀδελφοί, ἐν τούτῳ μενέτω παρὰ θεῷ.

English Translation

Let each one remain in the calling in which he was called, brothers, with God.

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Chapter 7 Context

1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Focus ↗

2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husban... Focus ↗

3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. Focus ↗

4 The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not p... Focus ↗

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto... Focus ↗

6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment. Focus ↗

7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Focus ↗

9 But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. Focus ↗

10 But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husba... Focus ↗

11 (but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that th... Focus ↗

12 But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to... Focus ↗

13 And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not lea... Focus ↗

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the... Focus ↗

15 Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in... Focus ↗

16 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, w... Focus ↗

17 Only, as God (Elohim) hath distributed to each man, as the Lord hath called each, so let him walk. A... Focus ↗

18 Was any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Was any called in uncircumci... Focus ↗

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God (... Focus ↗

20 Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called. Focus ↗

21 Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it r... Focus ↗

22 For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord’s freedman: likewise also he tha... Focus ↗

23 Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men. Focus ↗

24 Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God (Elohim).

25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath o... Focus ↗

26 I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is go... Focus ↗

27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. Focus ↗

28 But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such... Focus ↗

29 But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened: henceforth it is such that both those that have wiv... Focus ↗

30 and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; a... Focus ↗

31 and those that use this world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth aw... Focus ↗

32 But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lo... Focus ↗

33 but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife. Focus ↗

34 There is a difference between both the wife and the virgin. The unmarried is careful for the things... Focus ↗

35 And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seem... Focus ↗

36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin, if she be past the flow... Focus ↗

37 But he that standeth steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching his own... Focus ↗

38 So then even he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth... Focus ↗

39 A wife is bound by the law for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband indeed be dead... Focus ↗

40 But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spiri... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: Chapter 7 (40 verses)
Version: American Standard Version Byzantine Text

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