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and in like manner also the wife to the husband. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband; and in like manner also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Do not withdraw from one another, unless by consent for a season, that ye may attend to fasting and prayer: and come together again, least Satan tempt you through your incontinency. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But I say this by way of permission, not of command: <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>for I could wish that all men were as I myself <i>am;</i> but every <i>man</i> hath his proper gift from God, one of one kind and another of another?<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now to the unmarried and widows I say, it is good for them to continue <i>so,</i> as I <i>do.</i> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But if they have not the gift of continence, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn <i>with lust.</i><p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But those that are married, not I command, but the Lord, that the wife be not separated from <i>her</i> husband; <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>(but if she separate, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to <i>her</i> husband;) and that the husband put not away his wife.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But to the rest say I, not the Lord, If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she like to dwell with him, let him not put her away. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And if any wife hath an unbelieving husband, and he like to dwell with her, let her not leave him. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband: else were your children unclean; but they are holy. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if the unbeliever depart, let them depart; a brother or a sister is not bound in such <i>cases.</i> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But God hath called us to peace; for how knowest thou, O wife, but thou shalt save <i>thy</i> husband; or how knowest thou, O husband, but thou shalt save <i>thy</i> wife?<p> <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">Live Your Calling<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>However, as God hath distributed to every <i>man, and</i> as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk: and thus I order in all the churches. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Is any <i>one</i> called <i>that is</i> circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: is any <i>one</i> called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised: <i>for</i> circumcision is nothing, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In the calling in which every <i>one</i> was called, let him continue.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Wast thou called <i>being</i> a slave, be not anxious about it; but if thou canst be <i>made</i> free, prefer it. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For he that is called in the Lord <i>being</i> a slave, is the Lord's freed-man: and he likewise that is called <i>being</i> free is the servant of Christ. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Ye are bought with a price, do not become the slaves of men. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Brethren, in what<i>ever condition</i> every one was <i>when</i> called, let him abide therein with God.<p> <A name="26"></a><p class="hdg">The Unmarried and Widowed<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But concerning single persons I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgement as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I think then, that it is---better on account of the present distress,---that it is better, <i>I say,</i> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>for a <i>single</i> man to be so. Art thou bound to a wife <i>indeed?</i> seek not to be loosed: <i>but</i> art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Though, if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: such however will <i>probably</i> have <i>more</i> trouble in life: but I spare you. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But this I say, brethren, that the time is short: it remains therefore, that even those, who have wives, be as though they had none; <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and they, that weep, as if they wept not; and they, that rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; and they, that buy, as if they possessed not; <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and they, that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And I would have you without anxiety. <i>Now</i> he, that is unmarried, careth for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but he, <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>that is married, is in care about the things of the world, <i>and</i> how he may please <i>his</i> wife. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin: she, that is unmarried, careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she, that is married, is in care about the things of the world, <i>and</i> how she may please <i>her</i> husband. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And this I say for your own benefit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but in order to <i>recommend</i> that which is fit and becoming before the Lord without distraction.<p> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But if any <i>one</i> think that he acts unbecomingly towards his virgin, if she pass the flower of <i>her</i> age, and <i>that</i> it ought to be so, let him do what he will; he doth not sin: let them marry. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>But he, that is stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doth well. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>So that he, who giveth <i>her</i> in marriage, doth well; but he, that giveth <i>her</i> not in marriage, doth better.<p> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>but she is happier, in my opinion, if she continue as she is: and I think I have the Spirit of God.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_corinthians/6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Corinthians 6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_corinthians/8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Corinthians 8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>