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BSB 1 COR Chapter 7

1 COR 7 ©

Principles of Marriage

7Now for the matters you wrote about: [It is] good to abstain from sexual relations 2But because [there is so much] sexual immorality, each man should have his [own] wife, and each woman [her] own husband.

3The husband should fulfill [his] [marital] duty to [his] wife, and likewise the wife to [her] husband. 4The wife [does] not have authority over [her] own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband [does] not have authority over [his] own body, but the wife.

5{Do} not deprive each other, except by mutual consent [and] for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control. 6I say this as a concession, not as a command. 7I wish that all men were as I am. But each [man] has his own gift from God; one [has] this [gift], another [has] that.

8Now to the unmarried and widows I say [this]: [It is] good for them to remain [unmarried], as I am. 9But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from [her] husband. 11But if she [does], she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to [her] husband. And a husband must not divorce [his] wife.

12To the rest I say this ([I,] not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce [him]. 14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through [his] [believing] wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through [her] [believing] husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

15But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The [ believing ] brother or sister is not bound in such [cases]. God has called you[fn] [to live] in peace. 16How do you know, wife, whether you will save [your] husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save [your] wife?

Live Your Calling

17Regardless each one should lead [ the life ] [that] the Lord has assigned [to him] [and to which] God has called [him]. This [is what] I prescribe in all the churches. 18{Was} a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. {Was} a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised. 19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments [is what counts].

20Each [one] should remain in the situation [he was] in when he was called. 21Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain [your] freedom, take the opportunity. 22For he who [was] a slave when he was called by [the] Lord is [the] Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who [was] a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

23You were bought at a price; {do} not become slaves of men. 24Brothers, each one should remain in the [situation] he was in when God called him

The Unmarried and Widowed

25Now about virgins, I have no command from [the] Lord, but I give a judgment as [one who] by [the] Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 26Because of the present[fn] crisis, I think [it] is good for a man to remain as [he is]. 27Are you committed to a wife? {Do} not seek to be released. Are you free of [commitment]? {Do} not look for a wife. 28But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But [those who marry] will face troubles in [this] life, and I [want to] spare you [this].

29[What] I am saying, brothers, [is] that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; 30those who weep, as if they [did not]; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing; 31and those who use the things of [this] world, as if not dependent on them. For this world [in its] present form is passing away.

32I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the [work] of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. 33But the married man is concerned about the [affairs] of this world, how he can please [his] wife, 34and [his interests] are divided. The unmarried woman [or] virgin is concerned about the [work] of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the [affairs] of this world, how she can please [her] husband.

35I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.

36However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, [and] if she is beyond [her] youth and [they] ought [to marry],[fn] let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married. 37But the [man who] [is] firmly established in his heart [and] under no constraint, with control over [his] will and resolve in [his] heart [not to marry] the virgin,[fn] he will do well.

38So then he who [marries] the virgin does well, but he who {does} not marry [her] does even better.

39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if [her] husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as [he] belongs to [the] Lord.[fn] 40In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have [the] Spirit of God.


7:15 SBL, BYZ, and TR us

7:26 Or impending

7:36 Literally and it ought to be so

7:37 Literally in his heart to keep the virgin or in his heart to keep the betrothed

7:39 Literally she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord

1 COR 7 ©

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