1 Corinthians 7:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)17 Each person should live according to what the Lord has given him and in the state he was when God called him. And this is what I require in all the churches. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176917 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. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition17 Only, let each one [seek to conduct himself and regulate his affairs so as to] lead the life which the Lord has allotted and imparted to him and to which God has invited and summoned him. This is my order in all the churches. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)17 Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible17 Nevertheless, each person should live the kind of life that the Lord assigned when he called each one. This is what I teach in all the churches. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version17 However, let each one walk just as the Lord has distributed to him, each one just as God has called him. And thus do I teach in all the churches. Ver Capítulo |
Was any man already circumcised when he was called [by God to be a Christian]? Then he should not [try to] become uncircumcised. [Note: Some Jews in that day resorted to a surgical procedure in an attempt to conceal their circumcision]. Was any man uncircumcised when he was called? Then he should not become circumcised.
Yet I wish that everyone were like me [i.e., with the ability to remain single. See 9:5]. However, each person has his own special gift from God; one has this gift [i.e., being content to remain single. See Matt. 19:12], and another has the other gift [i.e., feeling the need to marry and have a family].
For there are eunuchs [i.e., men who do not have normal sexual activity] who are born that way; then there are eunuchs who were made that way by undergoing a surgical operation; then there are [also] eunuchs who purposely chose to avoid normal sexual activity for the sake of [ministering in] the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept such an arrangement [i.e., of not marrying], should do so.”