1Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.stylus1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Corinthians 7:26, 1 Corinthians 7:27, 1 Corinthians 7:262Nevertheless, [to avoid] lewdness, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.stylusEphesians 5:28, Ephesians 5:28, Ephesians 5:33, Ephesians 5:33, 1 Corinthians 7:93Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband.stylus1 Peter 3:7, 1 Peter 3:7, Exodus 21:10, Exodus 21:104The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.stylusMatthew 19:9, Hosea 3:3, Matthew 19:9, Hosea 3:3, Mark 10:115Defraud ye not one the other, except with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan may not tempt you for your incontinence.stylusExodus 19:15, Exodus 19:15, Joel 2:16, Joel 2:16, 1 Samuel 21:46But I speak this by permission, [and] not as a commandment.stylus2 Corinthians 8:8, 2 Corinthians 8:8, 1 Corinthians 7:25, 1 Corinthians 7:25, 1 Corinthians 7:127For I would that all men were as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.stylusMatthew 19:11, Matthew 19:12, Matthew 19:11, Matthew 19:12, 1 Corinthians 9:58I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain even as I.stylus1 Corinthians 7:32, 1 Corinthians 7:32, 1 Corinthians 7:34, 1 Corinthians 7:35, 1 Corinthians 7:349But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.stylus1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Timothy 5:14, 1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Timothy 5:14, 1 Timothy 5:1110And to the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:stylusMatthew 5:32, Matthew 5:32, Luke 16:18, Luke 16:18, Malachi 2:1411But if she shall depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.stylusJeremiah 3:1, Jeremiah 3:1, 1 Corinthians 7:10, 1 Corinthians 7:10, Judges 19:212But to the rest I speak, not the Lord, if any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.stylus2 Corinthians 11:17, 2 Corinthians 11:17, 1 Corinthians 7:6, 1 Corinthians 7:6, 1 Corinthians 7:2513And the woman who hath a husband that believeth not, and if he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.stylus14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.stylusMalachi 2:15, Malachi 2:16, Malachi 2:15, Malachi 2:16, Titus 1:1515But if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]; but God hath called us to peace.stylusRomans 14:19, Romans 14:19, 2 Corinthians 13:11, James 3:17, James 3:1816For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife?stylus1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 3:2, 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 3:2, Romans 11:1417But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all churches.stylus1 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Corinthians 7:24, Romans 12:3, Romans 12:818Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not become circumcised.stylusActs 15:5, Acts 15:5, Acts 15:28, Acts 15:19, Acts 15:2419Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.stylusGalatians 6:15, Galatians 6:15, Galatians 5:6, Galatians 5:6, 1 John 2:320Let every man continue in the same calling in which he was called.stylus1 Corinthians 7:17, 1 Corinthians 7:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, Proverbs 27:821Art thou called [being] a servant? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use [it] rather.stylusColossians 3:11, 1 Peter 2:18, 1 Peter 2:24, Colossians 3:11, 1 Peter 2:1822For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord's free-man: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ's servant.stylus1 Peter 2:16, 1 Peter 2:16, Philemon 1:16, Philemon 1:16, Colossians 3:2223Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.stylus1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 1:19, 1 Peter 1:1824Brethren, let every man in the state in which he is called, continue in it with God.stylus1 Corinthians 7:20, 1 Corinthians 7:20, Colossians 3:23, Colossians 3:24, Colossians 3:2325Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that hath obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.stylus1 Corinthians 7:6, 1 Corinthians 7:6, 1 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Corinthians 7:4026I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be.stylus1 Corinthians 7:1, 1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Corinthians 7:1, 1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Peter 4:1727Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.stylus1 Corinthians 7:20, 1 Corinthians 7:12, 1 Corinthians 7:14, 1 Corinthians 7:20, 1 Corinthians 7:1228But if thou marry, thou hast not sinned: and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless, such will have trouble in the flesh; but I spare you.stylusHebrews 13:4, Hebrews 13:4, 1 Corinthians 7:32, 1 Corinthians 7:36, 1 Corinthians 7:3229But this I say, brethren, The time [is] short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none;stylus1 John 2:17, 1 John 2:17, Romans 13:11, Romans 13:12, 1 Corinthians 7:3130And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;stylusLuke 6:25, Psalms 126:5, Psalms 126:6, Luke 6:21, Ecclesiastes 3:431And they that use this world, as not abusing [it]. For the fashion of this world passeth away.stylus1 John 2:17, 1 John 2:17, 1 Peter 4:7, 1 Peter 4:7, Luke 21:3432But I would have you without anxious care. He that is unmarried, is anxious for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:stylusMatthew 6:25, Matthew 6:34, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:34, 1 Timothy 5:533But he that is married, is anxious for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife.stylus1 Peter 3:7, 1 Peter 3:7, Colossians 3:19, Colossians 3:19, Ephesians 5:2534There is a difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirit: but she that is married, is anxious for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.stylusLuke 10:40, Luke 10:42, Luke 10:40, Luke 10:42, 1 Corinthians 6:2035And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.stylus1 Corinthians 7:33, 1 Corinthians 7:34, 1 Corinthians 7:33, 1 Corinthians 7:34, 1 Corinthians 7:3636But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself uncomely towards his virgin, if she hath passed the flower of [her] age, and need so requireth, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.stylus1 Corinthians 7:37, 1 Corinthians 7:9, 1 Corinthians 7:37, 1 Corinthians 7:9, 1 Samuel 2:3337Nevertheless, he that standeth steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.stylus38So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.stylusHebrews 13:4, Hebrews 13:4, 1 Corinthians 7:32, 1 Corinthians 7:34, 1 Corinthians 7:139The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband is dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.stylusRomans 7:2, Romans 7:3, Romans 7:2, Romans 7:3, 2 Corinthians 6:1440But she is happier if she so remain, after my judgment; and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.stylus2 Peter 3:15, 2 Peter 3:16, 1 Corinthians 7:25, 1 Corinthians 7:26, 1 Corinthians 7:8