1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
24Brethren, let every man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.
26I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be.
Cross References
Psalms 78:63Fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not lamented.
1 Corinthians 7:6But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.
1 Corinthians 7:12For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she consent to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
1 Corinthians 7:34And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:40But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel; and I think that I also have the spirit of God.
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.
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 →