1 Corinthians 7:1
Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.
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1 Corinthians 7:1
Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.
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1 Corinthians 7:7
It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.
1 Corinthians 7:8
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
1 Corinthians 7:26
In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.
1 Corinthians 7:27
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.
1 Corinthians 7:28
If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.
1 Corinthians 7:34
And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:35
Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:36
But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.
1 Corinthians 7:37
But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.
1 Corinthians 7:38
So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.
1 Corinthians 7:39
It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.
1 Corinthians 7:40
But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.
Matthew 19:11
But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given.
1 Corinthians 7:32
But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:
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1 Corinthians 7:2
But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:3
Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.
1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.
1 Corinthians 7:5
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.
1 Corinthians 7:6
But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.
Hebrews 13:4
Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.
1 Corinthians 6:12
I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.
1 Corinthians 6:13
Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.
1 Timothy 4:3
Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
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1 Corinthians 8:1
Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.
1 Corinthians 12:1
But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.
1 Corinthians 16:17
And I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have done what was needed to make your work complete.
1 Corinthians 1:11
Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.
1 Corinthians 13:1
If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.
1 Corinthians 16:12
But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.
2 Corinthians 12:19
It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.
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Genesis 20:6
And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.
Proverbs 6:29
So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.
Genesis 20:4
Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?
Colossians 2:21
Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands,
Genesis 26:11
And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.
Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
Ruth 2:9
Keep your eyes on the field they are cutting, and go after them; have I not given orders to the young men not to put a hand on you? And when you are in need of drink go to the vessels and take of what the young men have put there.
Job 19:21
Have pity on me, have pity on me, O my friends! for the hand of God is on me.
2 Corinthians 6:17
For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,
1 John 5:18
We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.
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Deuteronomy 5:18
Do not be false to the married relation.
Revelation 14:4
These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
Job 31:1
I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?
Proverbs 5:20
Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;
Titus 2:5
To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.
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Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;
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Ephesians 5:26
So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
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