1 Corinthians 7:25

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

Cross References

Psalm 78:63

Fire devoured their young men, and their girls had no marriage song.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

1 Corinthians 4:2

Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:10

To the married I give this command—not I but the Lord—that the wife should not separate from her husband

1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest I say—I and not the Lord—that if any believer has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a virgin marries, she does not sin. Yet those who marry will experience distress in this life, and I would spare you that.

1 Corinthians 7:34

and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are anxious about the affairs of the Lord, so that they may be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:40

But in my judgment she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 7:6

This I say by way of concession, not of command.

2 Corinthians 11:17

What I am saying in regard to this boastful confidence, I am saying not with the Lord's authority, but as a fool;

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not peddlers of God's word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.