1 Corinthians 7:17

But as God has assigned a place to every one, as the Lord has called every one, so let him continue to live: and so do I command in all the churches.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16For how do you know, O wife, but that you may save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, but that you may save your wife?

18Has any one been called that had been circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the mark of circumcision. Has any one been called that had not been circumcised? Let him not be circumcised,

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Cross References

Matthew 19:12For there are eunuchs that were born such from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs that have been made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs that have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it that is able to accept it.

1 Corinthians 4:17For this reason have I sent to you Timothy, who is my son, beloved and faithful in the Lord, that he may remind you of my ways that are in Christ, as I teach everywhere, in every church.

1 Corinthians 7:18Has any one been called that had been circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the mark of circumcision. Has any one been called that had not been circumcised? Let him not be circumcised,

1 Corinthians 7:24Brethren, let every one, in whatever condition he is called, abide in this with God.

1 Corinthians 16:1As it respects the collection which is for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so also do you.

2 Corinthians 11:28besides those things which come upon me from other sources, I have a daily concourse of troubles―my anxiety for all the churches.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:11-17

Inviolability of the Marriage Bond. ( a. d. 57.) 10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 13 And the woman which hath a husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell… Read the whole commentary →

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