1 Corinthians 7:7
I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.
8But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.
Cross References
Matthew 19:11He answered them. "Not all are accepting this teaching, but only those to whom it has been granted.
Romans 12:6But we have gifts differing according to the grace which was given to us. He that has the gift of prophecy, let him prophesy according to the proportion of his faith.
1 Corinthians 9:5Have I no right to take a believing wife with me on my journey, as the rest of the apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Peter do?
1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:2-10
Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except… Read the whole commentary →