1 Corinthians 7:25
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.
Context
This verse from 1 Corinthians Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. Paul addresses questions about marriage and celibacy: it is good not to marry but because of sexual immorality each man should have his own wife. The husband and wife should not deprive one another except by mutual consent. To the …
Other Translations
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.
And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:
Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
Cross References
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she …
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such …
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, …
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her …
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit …