1 Corinthians 7:8-23

 11/08 ~ From New Testament Letters

   🕊️ (In the Order Believed Written)

        By Necessity Paraphrased

8 - To the unmarried and the widows I think it is good for them to remain single, as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

     10 To the married I (Paul) give this charge, not I, but the Lord, the wife should not separate from her husband 11 but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband, and the husband should not divorce his wife.

     12 To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.14 For the unbelieving husband will become holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife becomep holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unduly influenced, but as it is, they become holy as well. 15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not bound. God has called you to peace. 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

     17 Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to them, and to which God has called them. This is my rule in all the churches. 18 Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. 19 For neither (the physical) circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the instructions of God. 20 Each one should remain in the condition in which they were called. 21 Were you a bondservant when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) [It was a moneylending system.] 22 For the one who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is free in the Lord. Likewise the one who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. 23 You were bought with a price; it is better not to become bondservants of men.

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Tomorrows verses - 1 Corinthians 7:24-31