1 Corinthians 7:20

Plain English Version

You see, God picked each of you to be in his family, so don’t try to change everything. Stay the same as you were at that time when God picked you.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:17

You know, I’ve been talking to you about marriage, and I said that married people have to stay married. Well, our leader Jesus gives us all different lives. Some people are married, some people are not married. Some men have had a young man operation, some men haven’t. Some people are workers with no pay, some people are free. But this is the rule that I tell Christians in all the churches, everywhere I go. I tell them, “You don’t have to try to change those things. You can just stay the same as you were when God picked you to be in his family.”

1 Corinthians 7:27

This is what I reckon, if you are married, don’t try to leave your partner. But if you are not married, don’t look for a partner.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Try to live the way we told you to when we were with you. Try to live in a quiet way, and don’t make any trouble for anyone. Don’t mess up the things that other people are doing, or try to boss them around. And don’t be lazy, but work to get enough money to buy whatever you need.

2 Thessalonians 3:12

So we write this to those lazy people. Our leader, Jesus Christ, wants us to strongly tell them this. They have to change the way they live. They have to settle down and get a job, so that they can buy their own food to eat.