1 Corinthians 7:17

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

In any case, a man should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to him, and in which he was when God called him. This is the rule that I lay down in every Church.

Cross References

Matthew 19:12

Some men, it is true, have from birth been disabled for marriage, while others have been disabled by their fellow men, and others again have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

1 Corinthians 10:32

Do not cause offence either to Jews or Greeks or to the Church of God;

1 Corinthians 11:16

If, however, any one still thinks it right to contest the point-well, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.

1 Corinthians 11:34

If a man is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment upon you. The other details I will settle when I come.

1 Corinthians 14:33

For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace.) This custom prevails in all the Churches of Christ's People.

1 Corinthians 16:1

With reference to the Collection for Christ's People, I want you to follow the instructions that I gave to the Churches in Galatia.

1 Corinthians 4:17

This is my reason for sending Timothy to you. He is my own dear faithful child in the Master's service, and he will remind you of my methods of teaching the Faith of Christ Jesus-methods which I follow everywhere in every Church.

1 Corinthians 7:18

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? Then he should not efface his circumcision. Has a man been called when uncircumcised? Then he should not be circumcised.

1 Corinthians 7:24

Brothers, let every one remain in the condition in which he was when he was called, in close communion with God.

1 Corinthians 7:7

I should wish every one to be just what I am myself. But every one has his own gift from God-one in one way, and one in another.

2 Corinthians 11:28

And, not to speak of other things, there is my daily burden of anxiety about all the Churches.

2 Corinthians 8:18

We are sending with him the Brother whose fame in the service of the Good News has spread through all the Churches;

Galatians 1:22

But I was still unknown even by sight to the Christian Churches in Judea;

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, Brothers, began to follow the example of the Churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow-citizens, in the same way as those Churches did at the hands of the Jews--

2 Thessalonians 1:4

So much is this the case that we ourselves speak with pride, before the Churches of God, of the patience and faith which you have shown, in spite of all the persecutions and troubles that you are enduring.