1 Corinthians 7:25
And concerning virginity, I have no precept from God; but I give counsels as a man who hath obtained mercy from God to be a believer.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
24Let every one, my Brethren, continue with God, in whatever state he was called.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:6But this I say, as to weak persons, not of positive precept.
1 Corinthians 7:12And to the rest, say I,- I, not my Lord,-that if there be a brother, who hath a wife that believeth not, and she is disposed to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
1 Corinthians 7:34There is a difference also between a wife and a maiden. She who is without a husband, thinketh of things pertaining to her Lord, that she may be holy in her body and in her spirit. But she who hath a husband, thinketh of things pertaining to the world, how she may please her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:40But she is happier, in my opinion, if she remain so: and I think also, that I have the Spirit of God.
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like others, who dilute the words of God; but as of the truth, and as of God, we speak in the Messiah before 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 →