1 Corinthians 7:25

God's Word

Concerning virgins: Even though I don’t have any command from the Lord, I’ll give you my opinion. I’m a person to whom the Lord has shown mercy, so I can be trusted.

Cross References

Psalm 78:63

Fire consumed his best young men, so his virgins heard no wedding songs.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But God’s kindness  made me what I am, and that kindness was not wasted on me. Instead, I worked harder than all the others. It was not I who did it, but God’s kindness was with me.

1 Corinthians 4:2

Managers are required to be trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:10

I pass this command along (not really I, but the Lord): A wife shouldn’t leave her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:12

I (not the Lord) say to the rest of you: If any Christian man is married to a woman who is an unbeliever, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you do get married, you have not sinned. If a virgin gets married, she has not sinned. However, these people will have trouble, and I would like to spare them from that.

1 Corinthians 7:34

His attention is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the Lord’s things so that she may be holy in body and in spirit. But the married woman is concerned about earthly things, ⌞that is,⌟ about how she can please her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:40

However, she will be more blessed if she stays as she is. That is my opinion, and I think that I, too, have God’s Spirit.

1 Corinthians 7:6

What I have just said is not meant as a command but as a suggestion.

2 Corinthians 11:17

What I say as I start bragging is foolishness. It’s not something I would say if I were speaking for the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:17

At least we don’t go around selling an impure word of God like many others. The opposite is true. As Christ’s spokesmen and in God’s presence, we speak the pure message that comes from God.