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First Epistle to the Corinthians, Chapter 7

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1 Corinthians 7 NASB - New American Standard Bible1 Corinthians 7 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 7 of 1 Corinthians—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is 1good for a man not to touch a woman.
  2. But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
  3. The husband must [a]fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
  4. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
  5. 2Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and [b]come together again so that 3Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
  6. But this I say by way of concession, 4not of command.
  7. [c]Yet I wish that all men were 5even as I myself am. However, 6each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.
  8. ¶ But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is 7good for them if they remain 8even as I.
  9. But if they do not have self-control, 9let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
  10. ¶ But to the married I give instructions, 10not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not [d]leave her husband
  11. (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not [e]divorce his wife.
  12. ¶ But to the rest 11I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not [f]divorce her.
  13. And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not [g]send her husband away.
  14. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through [h]her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are 12holy.
  15. Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called [i]us [j]13to peace.
  16. For how do you know, O wife, whether you will 14save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
  17. ¶ Only, 15as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And 16so I direct in 17all the churches.
  18. Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? 18He is not to be circumcised.
  19. 19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is 20the keeping of the commandments of God.
  20. 21Each man must remain in that [k]condition in which he was called.
  21. ¶ Were you called while a slave? [l]Do not worry about it; but if you are able also to become free, rather [m]do that.
  22. For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is 22the Lord’s freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is 23Christ’s slave.
  23. 24You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
  24. Brethren, 25each one is to remain with God in that condition in which he was called.
  25. ¶ Now concerning virgins I have 26no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who [n]27by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy.
  26. I think then that this is good in view of the [o]present 28distress, that 29it is good for a man [p]to remain as he is.
  27. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
  28. But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have [q]trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
  29. But this I say, brethren, 30the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;
  30. and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;
  31. and those who use the world, as though they did not 31make full use of it; for 32the form of this world is passing away.
  32. ¶ But I want you to be free from concern. One who is 33unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
  33. but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
  34. and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
  35. This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but [r]to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.
  36. ¶ But if any man thinks that he is acting unbecomingly toward his virgin daughter, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let [s]her marry.
  37. But he who stands firm in his heart, [t]being under no constraint, but has authority [u]over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, he will do well.
  38. So then both he who gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
  39. 34A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband [v]is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only 35in the Lord.
  40. But 36in my opinion she is happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit render
  2. ^ Lit be
  3. ^ One early ms reads For
  4. ^ Lit depart from
  5. ^ Or leave his wife
  6. ^ Or leave her
  7. ^ Or leave her husband
  8. ^ Lit the brother
  9. ^ One early ms reads you
  10. ^ Lit in
  11. ^ Lit calling
  12. ^ Lit Let it not be a care to you
  13. ^ Lit use
  14. ^ Lit has had mercy shown on him by the Lord to be trustworthy
  15. ^ Or impending
  16. ^ Lit so to be
  17. ^ Lit tribulation in the flesh
  18. ^ Lit for what is seemly
  19. ^ Lit them
  20. ^ Lit having no necessity
  21. ^ Lit pertaining to
  22. ^ Lit falls asleep

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Co 7:8, 26
  2. ^ Ex 19:15; 1Sa 21:5
  3. ^ Mt 4:10
  4. ^ 2Co 8:8
  5. ^ 1Co 7:8; 9:5
  6. ^ Mt 19:11f; Ro 12:6; 1Co 12:4, 11
  7. ^ 1Co 7:1, 26
  8. ^ 1Co 7:7; 9:5
  9. ^ 1Ti 5:14
  10. ^ Ml 2:16; Mt 5:32; 19:3-9; Mr 10:2-12; Lu 16:18; 1Co 7:6
  11. ^ 1Co 7:6; 2Co 11:17
  12. ^ Ezr 9:2; Ml 2:15
  13. ^ Ro 14:19
  14. ^ Ro 11:14; 1Pe 3:1
  15. ^ Ro 12:3
  16. ^ 1Co 4:17
  17. ^ 1Co 11:16; 14:33; 2Co 8:18; 11:28; Ga 1:22; 1Th 2:14; 2Th 1:4
  18. ^ Ac 15:1ff
  19. ^ Ro 2:27, 29; Ga 3:28; 5:6; 6:15; Col 3:11
  20. ^ Ro 2:25
  21. ^ 1Co 7:24
  22. ^ Jn 8:32, 36; Pm 16
  23. ^ Eph 6:6; Col 3:24; 1Pe 2:16
  24. ^ 1Co 6:20
  25. ^ 1Co 7:20
  26. ^ 1Co 7:6
  27. ^ 2Co 4:1; 1Ti 1:13, 16
  28. ^ Lu 21:23; 2Th 2:2
  29. ^ 1Co 7:1, 8
  30. ^ Ro 13:11f; 1Co 7:31
  31. ^ 1Co 9:18
  32. ^ 1Co 7:29; 1Jo 2:17
  33. ^ 1Ti 5:5
  34. ^ Ro 7:2
  35. ^ 2Co 6:14
  36. ^ 1Co 7:6, 25

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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