Verse 8
1 Corinthians 7:8
Geneva Bible
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Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.
Original Language Text
greek
Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις, καλὸν ⸀αὐτοῖς ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ·
English Translation
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they remain as I am.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman.
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Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne h...
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Let the husband giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and likewise also the wife vnto the husband.
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The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: and likewise also the husband hath no...
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Defraude not one another, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may giue your selues to fast...
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But I speake this by permission, not by commandement.
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For I woulde that all men were euen as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God (Elo...
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8
Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I...
9
But if they cannot abstaine, let them marrie: for it is better to marrie then to burne.
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10
And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.
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11
But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, and let not the...
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12
But to ye remnant I speake, and not ye Lord, If any brother haue a wife, ye beleeueth not, if she be...
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13
And the woman which hath an husband that beleeueth not, if he be content to dwell with her, let her...
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14
For the vnbeleeuing husband is sanctified to the wife, and the vnbeleeuing wife is sanctified to the...
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15
But if the vnbeleeuing depart, let him depart: a brother or a sister is not in subiection in such th...
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For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, w...
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17
But as God (Elohim) hath distributed to euery man, as the Lord hath called euery one, so let him wal...
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18
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not gather his vncircumcision: is any called vncircumci...
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Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandements of God...
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20
Let euery man abide in the same vocation wherein he was called.
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21
Art thou called being a seruant? care not for it: but if yet thou maiest be free, vse it rather.
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22
For he that is called in the Lord, being. a seruant, is the Lords freeman: likewise also he that is...
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23
Yee are bought with a price: be not the seruants of men.
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24
Brethren, let euery man, wherein hee was called, therein abide with God (Elohim).
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Nowe concerning virgines, I haue no commandement of the Lord: but I giue mine aduise, as one that ha...
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I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to...
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Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? seeke not a wife.
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But if thou takest a wife, thou sinnest not: and if a virgine marrie, shee sinneth not: neuertheless...
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And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be a...
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And they that weepe, as though they wept not: and they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: an...
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And they that vse this worlde, as though they vsed it not: for the fashion of this worlde goeth away...
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And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may pleas...
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But hee that is maried, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
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There is difference also betweene a virgine and a wife: the vnmaried woman careth for the things of...
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And this I speake for your owne commoditie, not to tangle you in a snare, but that yee follow that,...
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But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgine, if shee passe the flower of her age, and...
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Neuerthelesse, hee that standeth firme in his heart, that hee hath no neede, but hath power ouer his...
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So then hee that giueth her to mariage, doeth well, but he that giueth her not to mariage, doeth bet...
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The wife is bounde by the Lawe, as long as her husband liueth: but if her husband bee dead, shee is...
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But shee is more blessed, if she so abide, in my iudgement: and I thinke that I haue also the Spirit...
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