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1 Corinthians 7:23 King James Version (KJV)
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

1 Corinthians 7:23 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of human masters.

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These are my thoughts.
We are not to fall to the sinful influence of men because Christ died so we can live for Him.

Jesus Saves!

God Bless

1 Corinthians 7:25 King James Version (KJV)
25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

1 Corinthians 7:25 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The Unmarried and the Widows

25 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.

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These are my thoughts.
Sometimes this is what we have to tell people, God does not speak on every topic within scripture but He will give us insight on those not in scripture as He did for Paul.

1 Corinthians 7:26 King James Version (KJV)
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

1 Corinthians 7:26 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

26 I think that, in view of the impending crisis, it is well for you to remain as you are.

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These are my thoughts.
We can not let things that come our way shake our faith, we need even when hard times come stand strong in Him.

1 Corinthians 7:27 King James Version (KJV)
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

1 Corinthians 7:27 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

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These are my thoughts.
We are to be content where we are at and let God lead us where to go.

1 Corinthians 7:28 King James Version (KJV)
28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.


1 Corinthians 7:28 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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.

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These are my thoughts.
To marry is a good thing but it is also good to stay single and not have the burden of marriage but be fully devoted to the Lord.

These are my thoughts.
To marry is a good thing but it is also good to stay single and not have the burden of marriage but be fully devoted to the Lord.

I so agree Clark. God would have some to be married and some to remain single. Marriage takes a lot of time and a lot of work, but together marriage can glorify God. Being single allows a soul to devote as much time as possible to Him. God has a plan for each person.

1 Corinthians 7:29 King James Version (KJV)
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

1 Corinthians 7:29 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

29 I mean, brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none,

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These are my thoughts.
We are to live with everything we have to serve the Lord; Paul is no way promoting divorce or being a bad husband.

1 Corinthians 7:30 King James Version (KJV)
30 And 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;

1 Corinthians 7:30 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no possessions,

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These are my thoughts.
Thru Christ our life changes and we do things had could never imagine.

1 Corinthians 7:31 King James Version (KJV)
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

1 Corinthians 7:31 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.

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These are my thoughts.
The world changes but the word of God stays true even when everything else changes.

1 Corinthians 7:33 King James Version (KJV)
33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:33 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

33 but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife,

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These are my thoughts.
Married people have other worries then just the Lord.