1 Corinthians 7

1 Corinthians 7:1

• Now, concerning the
• Now concerning the
• Now I will discuss the
• Now for the

• matters
• things about which
• things
• matters about which
• things of which

• you

• wrote.
• wrote,
• wrote
• wrote: “
• wrote:
• wrote about:
• wrote about: “
• wrote to

• It
• it
• me: It
• me: it

• is
• is a
• ’s

• good for a
• good thing for a
• good if a
• better for a

• man not to

• touch a woman;
• touch a woman,”
• touch a woman,
• touch a woman.”
• touch a woman.
• marry.
• marry?”
• have sexual relations with a woman.
• have sexual relations with a woman.”
• have sex with a woman.”
• get married.

1 Corinthians 7:2

• But because of cases of
• but because of cases of
• But sexual sin is a

• immorality every
• immorality, every
• sexual immorality, each
• immorality, each

• man should have his own

• wife. And each
• wife, and each
• wife and each
• wife and let each
• wife, and let each
• wife, and every
• wife and every

• woman
• woman have
• woman with
• woman should have

• her own

• husband.
• husband;

1 Corinthians 7:3

• The husband
• A husband

• should
• must

• fulfill
• give
• give to

• his

• wife
• duty to

• his
• her conjugal

• wife, and
• rights, and

• likewise also the
• likewise the
• likewise a

• wife to her

• husband.
• husband;

1 Corinthians 7:4

• The wife
• A wife
• For the wife

• does
• is

• not
• n’t

• have authority over
• have power over

• her own body, but the husband

• does. In the
• does; and
• does. And
• is; in the
• is. In the
• does;
• does.

• same way, the
• same way, a
• same way a
• Likewise the
• Likewise, the
• likewise the

• husband

• does
• is

• not
• n’t

• have authority over
• have power over

• his own body, but the wife

• does.
• is.

1 Corinthians 7:5

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 7:6

• I
• But I

• say this as a concession,

• not as a
• not of
• not a

• command.
• command,
• commandment.

1 Corinthians 7:7

• I
• Yet I

• wish that all
• wish
• wish that all of
• wish all
• wish that

• everyone
• men
• everyone to
• you
• people

• were like
• were as

• I myself am. But each
• I am, but each

• has a

• particular
• special

• gift from

• God; one
• God. One
• God: one

• has this
• has one

• gift. Another
• gift, another

• has that.

1 Corinthians 7:8

• Now, to the unmarried and to the
• Now to the unmarried and to the
• Now for those who are not married and for the
• To the unmarried and to

• widows
• widows,

• I

• say that
• say this:
• say:

• itis good for

• them to
• you to

• stay as I

• am;
• am.
• do,
• do.

1 Corinthians 7:9

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1 Corinthians 7:10

• To the married
• But to the married

• I

• give charge—
• give charge,
• give this command (
• give this command—
• command—

• not
• not from

• I but the
• I, but the

• Lord—that the
• Lord—a

• wife

• not
• is not to

• leave
• separate from

• her

• husband,
• husband:
• husband—
• husband
• husband.
• husband;

1 Corinthians 7:11

• But if she
• but if she
• If she
• if she
• (but if she

• does,
• does leave,

• she must either remain

• unmarried or else
• unmarried, or else
• unmarried or
• single or else
• single or

• be reconciled to her

• husband; and a
• husband. And a
• husband); and that the
• husband), and that the
• husband——and a
• husband—and a
• husband), and a

• husband
• man

• should
• must

• not divorce his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:12

• To the rest
• But to the rest

• I

• say—
• say (
• say this (

• I, not the

• Lord. If a
• Lord): If any
• Lord): if any
• Lord, that if any
• Lord): if a
• Lord): If a

• brother
• Christian man

• has a wife who

• is not a
• is an

• believer, and
• believer and
• unbeliever and
• unbeliever, and

• she

• consents to
• is willing to
• agrees to
• wants to

• live with
• stay with
• go on living with

• him, he

• must
• should

• not
• n’t

• divorce
• leave

• her;
• her.

1 Corinthians 7:13

• and if a woman
• And if a woman
• and if any woman
• And if any woman
• And a woman who
• If a woman
• And if a Christian woman

• has a husband who

• is not a
• is an

• believer, and
• believer and
• unbeliever, and
• believer. If

• he

• is willing to
• consents to
• is happy to
• agrees to
• wants to

• live with
• stay with
• go on living with

• her, she

• should
• must

• not
• n’t

• divorce
• divorce her
• leave

• him.
• husband.
• her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:14

• For the unbelieving
• The unbelieving

• husband is made

• holy through
• holy because of

• his

• wife and the
• wife, and the

• unbelieving wife is made holy because of her

• husband.
• husband;

• Otherwise
• Otherwise,
• otherwise

• your children

• would
• would not

• be
• be ‘

• unclean, but as
• defiled,’ but, as
• defiled, but as

• it

• is
• is,

• they are holy.

1 Corinthians 7:15

• But if the unbeliever
• If the unbeliever
• But if the unbelieving partner

• leaves,
• separates,
• departs,

• let

• him
• them

• leave. The
• leave; the
• go. The

• brother or
• brother or the
• Christian husband or
• brother or a

• sister
• wife

• is

• not
• not under

• bound in
• bondage in

• such

• cases. But
• cases, but
• cases;
• cases.
• circumstances;
• circumstances.

• God has called

• you to live in
• you to
• us to
• you in
• us to live in
• us in

• peace.
• peace:

1 Corinthians 7:16

• For how do
• How do
• How can
• Wife, how do

• you

• know.
• know;
• know,

• wife, whether
• O wife, whether
• maybe

• you will save your

• husband? Or how
• husband; or how
• husband? Or, how
• husband? Husband, how

• do
• can

• you

• know.
• know;
• know,

• husband, whether
• O husband, whether

• you will save your

• wife?
• wife.

1 Corinthians 7:17

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 7:18

• If a man was already circumcised when he

• was
• had been

• called,
• called?
• circumcised?

• He
• he

• should not

• change
• undo

• his circumcision. If a

• man
• man who

• was
• was without

• uncircumcised when
• circumcision when

• he was

• called,
• called?

• He
• he

• should

• not
• n’t

• be
• get

• circumcised;
• circumcised.

1 Corinthians 7:19

• Circumcision is

• nothing and
• nothing, and

• uncircumcision is

• nothing; but the
• nothing, but the

• keeping of the
• keeping the

• commandments of God.

1 Corinthians 7:20

• Each of you should
• Each one should
• Everyone
• Everyone should
• Let each man
• Each one of you should
• Let each one
• Each person should

• remain in the
• remain in that
• stay the
• stay as

• condition in which
• way
• state in which

• he
• you

• was
• were
• was when God
• were when God

• called.
• called him.
• chose you.
• called you.

1 Corinthians 7:21

• Were
• Are

• you a slave when you were

• called,
• called?

• Do
• do

• not
• n’t

• let that

• trouble
• bother

• you. But if you are able to gain your freedom,

• make the
• avail

• most of the
• yourself of the

• opportunity.

1 Corinthians 7:22

• For he who
• For the one who

• was
• is

• called in the
• called by the
• called

• Lord while a
• Lord as a

• slave
• slave,

• is the Lord’s

• freedman.
• freedman,
• freedman;

• likewise
• Likewise
• Likewise the
• Likewise, the

• he who
• one who

• was
• is

• called while

• free
• free,

• is Christ’s

• slave.
• slaves.

1 Corinthians 7:23

• You
• God

• were
• have been

• bought at a
• bought with a
• bought for a

• price;
• price.

• Do
• do
• So do
• so do

• not
• n’t

• become
• be

• slaves of
• slaves to
• bondservants of

• men!
• men.
• people.
• human beings.
• anyone else.

1 Corinthians 7:24

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 7:25

• Now,
• Now
• Now when

• concerning
• concerning the

• virgins
• virgins:
• virgins,

• I have no

• command from the
• command of the
• commandment from the

• Lord, but
• Lord. But
• Lord about this, but

• I give my

• opinion as one who by the
• judgment as one who by the

• Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:26

• I

• think
• think,
• suppose
• suppose,

• then, that this
• then that this
• therefore that this

• is good because of the

• present
• impending

• distress, that
• distress: that
• distress—that
• distress:
• distress

• it
• It

• is

• good for a
• good for
• best for

• man to
• you to
• people to
• person to

• remain as
• stay as
• be as

• he
• you
• they

• are.
• is.
• is:

1 Corinthians 7:27

• Are you

• bound to a
• have a
• married to a

• wife?
• wife
• wife,

• Do
• do

• not
• n’t

• seek to
• seek a

• be free.
• be loosed.
• be released.
• divorce.

• Are you

• free from a
• released from a
• loosed from a

• wife?
• wife
• wife,

• Do
• do
• Then do

• not
• n’t

• seek a
• look for a
• try to find a
• seek

• wife.
• marriage.

1 Corinthians 7:28

• But if you do
• But if you
• But, if you
• But if you decide to
• However, if you do

• marry,
• get married,

• you
• it

• have
• is

• not
• not a
• n’t

• sinned. And if a
• sinned, and if a
• sinned; and if a
• sinned. If a
• sin, and if a
• sin. And if a

• virgin
• young woman

• marries
• marries,
• gets married,

• she
• it

• has
• is

• not sinned. Yet such will have

• trouble in this
• many troubles in this

• life, and
• life. And

• I

• want to
• am trying to

• spare

• you.
• you that.
• you from that.

1 Corinthians 7:29

• What I
• This is what I

• mean,
• mean, my

• friends,
• brothers,

• is that the time

• is
• has
• has grown

• short. From

• now on, those who
• now on those who

• have wives should

• be as though
• live as though
• live as if
• be as if

• they

• had
• were
• did
• had no

• none,
• none;
• not;
• not.
• wives;
• wives.

1 Corinthians 7:30

• those who weep as though
• those who weep, as though
• and those who mourn as though
• and those who weep, as though

• they

• were
• did

• not

• weep; and those who
• weep, and those who
• mourning, and those who
• weeping, those who
• weep, those who

• rejoice as though
• rejoice, as though

• they

• were
• did
• are

• not
• n’t

• rejoicing, and those who
• rejoice, and those who
• rejoice; and those who
• rejoice, those who

• buy, as though
• buy as though

• they

• did
• do

• not
• n’t

• possess;
• possess,
• own it.
• possess anything.
• possess anything,

1 Corinthians 7:31

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 7:32

• I
• But I
• And I

• want
• would like

• you to be free from

• concern. An
• worry. An
• anxieties. The
• anxiety; the
• anxiety. The

• unmarried

• man is
• is

• concerned about the
• anxious about the

• things of the Lord, how to

• please the
• please

• Lord.
• Lord,
• Lord:
• Lord;
• him.
• him;

1 Corinthians 7:33

• But a married
• but a married
• but the married
• But the married

• man is

• concerned about the
• anxious about the

• things of the
• things of this

• world, how
• world—how

• he

• may
• can

• please his

• wife—
• wife;
• wife,
• wife.

1 Corinthians 7:34

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 7:35

• I am saying this to help you. I am not trying to limit

• you, but
• you. But

• I want you to live in the right way. And I want you to give yourselves fully to the Lord without giving your time to other things.

1 Corinthians 7:36

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1 Corinthians 7:37

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1 Corinthians 7:38

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1 Corinthians 7:39

• A wife
• A woman
• A married woman

• is
• should
• must

• bound to
• stay with

• her husband as long as

• he
• her husband

• lives. But if
• lives; but if
• lives. But if the
• lives; but if the
• lives. If
• lives. If the

• husband
• her husband
• he

• dies
• dies,
• is dead,

• she is free to

• marry
• marry any
• be married to

• anyone
• man
• whomever

• she

• wants. But
• wants, but

• he
• she

• must
• should

• belong to the
• be in the

• Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:40

• But in my
• In my

• opinion
• opinion,
• judgment,
• judgment

• she

• is
• will be

• happier if
• more blessed if

• she

• remains as
• stays as

• she

• is, and
• is. And
• is; and
• is—and

• I

• think that
• believe that
• think

• I too
• I also
• I

• have the

• spirit of
• Spirit of

• God!
• God.