1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning the virgins I have no commandment of Lord, but I give an opinion, as having obtained mercy from Lord to be trustworthy.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
24Brothers, each man, in what he was called, should remain in this before God.
Cross References
Psalms 78:63Fire devoured their young men, and their virgins had no marriage-song.
1 Corinthians 7:6But I say this from concession not from commandment.
1 Corinthians 7:12But to the rest I say, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and this woman consents to dwell with him, he should not leave her.
1 Corinthians 7:34And the wife and the virgin are differentiated. The unmarried woman is concerned for the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married is concerned for the things of the world, how s
1 Corinthians 7:40But she is more blessed if she remains this way according to my opinion. And I also seem to have Spirit of God.
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:18-25
Christian Contentment. ( a. d. 57.) 17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. 18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. 21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for… Read the whole commentary →