1 Corinthians 7:17

New International Reader's Version

But each believer should live in whatever situation the Lord has given them. Stay as you were when God chose you. That’s the rule all the churches must follow.

Cross References

Matthew 19:12

Some men are not able to have children because they were born that way. Some have been made that way by other people. Others have chosen to live that way in order to serve the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

1 Corinthians 10:32

Don’t do anything that causes another person to trip and fall. It doesn’t matter if that person is a Jew or a Greek or a member of God’s church.

1 Corinthians 11:16

If anyone wants to argue about this, we don’t have any other practice. And God’s churches don’t either.

1 Corinthians 11:34

Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home. Then when you come together, you will not be judged. When I come, I will give you more directions.

1 Corinthians 14:33

God is not a God of disorder. He is a God of peace, just as in all the churches of the Lord’s people.

1 Corinthians 16:1

Now I want to deal with the offering of money for the Lord’s people. Do what I told the churches in Galatia to do.

1 Corinthians 4:17

That’s the reason I have sent Timothy to you. He is like a son to me, and I love him. He is faithful in serving the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in serving Christ Jesus. And that agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.

1 Corinthians 7:18

Was a man already circumcised when God chose him? Then he should not become uncircumcised. Was he uncircumcised when God chose him? Then he should not be circumcised.

1 Corinthians 7:24

Brothers and sisters, each person is accountable to God. So each person should stay as they were when God chose them.

1 Corinthians 7:7

I wish all of you were single like me. But you each have your own gift from God. One has this gift, and another has that one.

2 Corinthians 11:28

Besides everything else, every day I am concerned about all the churches. It is a very heavy load.

2 Corinthians 8:18

Along with Titus, we are sending another brother. All the churches praise him for his service in telling the good news.

Galatians 1:22

The members of Christ’s churches in Judea did not know me in a personal way.

1 Thessalonians 2:14

Brothers and sisters, you became like the members of God’s churches in Judea. They are believers in Christ Jesus, just as you are. Your own people made you suffer. You went through the same things the church members in Judea suffered from the Jews.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

So among God’s churches we brag about the fact that you don’t give up easily. We brag about your faith in all the suffering and testing you are going through.