1 Corinthians 7:25

New English Translation

With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.

Cross References

Psalm 78:63

Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

1 Corinthians 4:2

Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.

1 Corinthians 7:10

To the married I give this command – not I, but the Lord – a wife should not divorce a husband

1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest I say – I, not the Lord – if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems.

1 Corinthians 7:34

and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:40

But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is – and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!

1 Corinthians 7:6

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

2 Corinthians 11:17

What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.