1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment from the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
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In Context
24Brethren, let every man, in whatever situation he was in when called, remain there with God.
26I think then, in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:6But I speak this as a concession, and not as a commandment.
1 Corinthians 7:12But to the rest I say, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.
1 Corinthians 7:34And his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she who is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:40But in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is: and I also think that I have the Spirit of God.
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not as so many, who peddle the word of God: but as men of sincerity, as from God, we speak in Christ 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 →