❖

The Holy Bible

King James Version
with full narration by Alexander Scourby

❖
❖

I Corinthians Chapter 7

I Corinthians
✦

I Corinthians

7
📚 About this Book
✦ Chapter Overview

In this chapter Paul urges the church to maintain sexual purity and warns against divorce for sexual reasons, emphasizing that believers should not marry for the sake of lust. He explains that the church must discipline those who persist in immorality, while encouraging love and unity among members. The focus is on the spiritual health of the body of Christ.

🔍 Text
(1) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:8I Corinthians 7:26I Corinthians 7:27I Corinthians 7:37I Corinthians 7:38Matthew 19:10Matthew 19:11Genesis 20:6Ruth 2:9Proverbs 6:29

Related verses (shared words)

Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19

(2) Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:9I Corinthians 6:18Proverbs 5:18Proverbs 5:19I Timothy 4:3Proverbs 18:22Proverbs 19:14Malachi 2:14Ephesians 5:28Ephesians 5:33

Related verses (shared words)

Romans 7:2

(3) Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 21:10I Peter 3:7

Related verses (shared words)

Romans 7:2I Corinthians 7:4Numbers 5:20Numbers 30:12Numbers 30:13Deuteronomy 24:3

(4) The 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.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 3:3Matthew 19:9Mark 10:11Mark 10:12

Related verses (shared words)

Romans 7:2I Corinthians 15:44Luke 11:34I Corinthians 12:12I Corinthians 7:3Numbers 5:20

(5) Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 19:15I Samuel 21:4I Samuel 21:5Joel 2:16Zechariah 7:3Zechariah 12:12Zechariah 12:13Zechariah 12:14Matthew 19:11I Thessalonians 3:5

Related verses (shared words)

Isaiah 8:9

(6) But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:12I Corinthians 7:25II Corinthians 8:8II Corinthians 11:17

Related verses (shared words)

Numbers 9:23I John 2:7

(7) For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 9:5I Corinthians 9:15Acts 26:29I Corinthians 12:11Matthew 19:11Matthew 19:12

(8) I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:26I Corinthians 7:27I Corinthians 7:32I Corinthians 7:34I Corinthians 7:35

Related verses (shared words)

John 15:4

(9) But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:2I Corinthians 7:28I Corinthians 7:36I Corinthians 7:39I Timothy 5:11I Timothy 5:14

Related verses (shared words)

Numbers 36:6I Corinthians 7:28II Chronicles 2:6

(10) And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:12I Corinthians 7:25I Corinthians 7:40I Corinthians 7:15Jeremiah 3:20Malachi 2:14Malachi 2:15Malachi 2:16Matthew 5:32Matthew 19:6Matthew 19:7Matthew 19:8

Related verses (shared words)

Romans 7:2Romans 7:3I Corinthians 7:11I Corinthians 7:39Lamentations 4:15

(11) But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 19:2Judges 19:3Jeremiah 3:1Deuteronomy 22:19Isaiah 50:1Mark 10:2

Related verses (shared words)

Romans 7:2Numbers 5:20Numbers 30:12Numbers 30:13Deuteronomy 24:3Ruth 1:12

(12) But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:6I Corinthians 7:25II Corinthians 11:17Ezra 10:2Ezra 10:3Ezra 10:11Ezra 10:12Ezra 10:13Ezra 10:14Ezra 10:15Ezra 10:16Ezra 10:17

Related verses (shared words)

I John 5:10

(13) And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
Cross-references
Related verses (shared words)

Romans 7:2I John 5:10

(14) For 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.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 6:15I Corinthians 6:16I Corinthians 6:17Ezra 9:1Ezra 9:2I Timothy 4:5Titus 1:15Isaiah 52:1Malachi 2:15Malachi 2:16Acts 10:23Romans 11:16

Related verses (shared words)

Romans 7:2Leviticus 5:2Numbers 7:1Nehemiah 3:1Nehemiah 12:47Numbers 5:20

(15) But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 12:50James 2:15I Corinthians 14:33Romans 12:18Romans 14:19II Corinthians 13:11Galatians 5:22Hebrews 12:14James 3:17James 3:18

Related verses (shared words)

Lamentations 4:15Isaiah 14:25Isaiah 52:11Isaiah 54:10Jeremiah 37:9

(16) For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 9:22Proverbs 11:30Luke 15:10I Timothy 4:16James 5:19James 5:20I Peter 3:1I Peter 3:2

Related verses (shared words)

Job 34:33Ecclesiastes 11:6Romans 14:8I Corinthians 13:8Romans 7:2II Samuel 16:16

(17) But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:7Matthew 19:12Romans 12:3Romans 12:4Romans 12:5Romans 12:6Romans 12:7Romans 12:8I Peter 4:10I Peter 4:11I Corinthians 7:18I Corinthians 7:20

(18) Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 15:1Acts 15:5Acts 15:19Acts 15:24Acts 15:28Galatians 5:1Galatians 5:2Galatians 5:3Colossians 3:11

Related verses (shared words)

Joshua 5:7Genesis 34:22Joshua 5:5Galatians 6:13Genesis 17:14Exodus 12:48

(19) Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 8:8Romans 2:25Romans 2:26Romans 2:27Romans 2:28Romans 2:29Romans 3:30Galatians 5:6Galatians 6:15I Samuel 15:22Jeremiah 7:22Jeremiah 7:23

Related verses (shared words)

Isaiah 40:17II Corinthians 12:11I Timothy 6:7Romans 4:10Romans 2:25Romans 2:26

(20) Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:17I Corinthians 7:21I Corinthians 7:22I Corinthians 7:23Proverbs 27:8Luke 3:10Luke 3:11Luke 3:12Luke 3:13Luke 3:14I Thessalonians 4:11II Thessalonians 3:12

Related verses (shared words)

John 15:4

(21) Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 12:13Galatians 3:28Colossians 3:11I Timothy 6:1I Timothy 6:2I Timothy 6:3I Peter 2:18I Peter 2:19I Peter 2:20I Peter 2:21I Peter 2:22I Peter 2:23

Related verses (shared words)

Deuteronomy 30:20Revelation 3:18

(22) For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:74Luke 1:75John 8:32John 8:33John 8:34John 8:35John 8:36Romans 6:18Romans 6:19Romans 6:20Romans 6:21Romans 6:22

Related verses (shared words)

II Corinthians 10:7

(23) Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 6:20Leviticus 25:42Acts 20:28Titus 2:14I Peter 1:18I Peter 1:19I Peter 3:18Revelation 5:9Matthew 23:8Matthew 23:9Matthew 23:10Matthew 23:11

(24) Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:17I Corinthians 7:20I Corinthians 10:31Genesis 5:22Genesis 5:23Genesis 5:24Genesis 17:1I Samuel 14:45Colossians 3:23Colossians 3:24

Related verses (shared words)

Revelation 10:6John 15:4

(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.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:28I Corinthians 7:34I Corinthians 7:36I Corinthians 7:37I Corinthians 7:38Psalms 78:63I Corinthians 7:6I Corinthians 7:10I Corinthians 7:12I Corinthians 7:40II Corinthians 8:8II Corinthians 8:9

Related verses (shared words)

James 2:13Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19I Peter 2:10II Chronicles 8:15Hosea 2:23

(26) I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:1I Corinthians 7:8I Corinthians 7:28I Corinthians 7:35I Corinthians 7:36I Corinthians 7:37I Corinthians 7:38Jeremiah 16:2Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 16:4Matthew 24:19Luke 21:23

(27) Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:12I Corinthians 7:13I Corinthians 7:14I Corinthians 7:20

Related verses (shared words)

Zephaniah 2:3Deuteronomy 4:29I Chronicles 16:11Psalms 24:6Psalms 27:8Psalms 38:12

(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.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:36Hebrews 13:4I Corinthians 7:26I Corinthians 7:32I Corinthians 7:33I Corinthians 7:34I Corinthians 7:35II Corinthians 1:23

Related verses (shared words)

Numbers 36:6I Corinthians 7:9Leviticus 4:28Nehemiah 1:6Jeremiah 33:8Romans 2:12

(29) But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 14:1Job 14:2Psalms 39:4Psalms 39:5Psalms 39:6Psalms 39:7Psalms 90:5Psalms 90:6Psalms 90:7Psalms 90:8Psalms 90:9Psalms 90:10

Related verses (shared words)

Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8

(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;
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 30:5Psalms 126:5Psalms 126:6Ecclesiastes 3:4Isaiah 25:8Isaiah 30:19Luke 6:21Luke 6:25Luke 16:25John 16:22Revelation 7:17Revelation 18:7

Related verses (shared words)

Jeremiah 4:30II Corinthians 7:8Joshua 17:18Job 16:6Job 20:12Psalms 27:3

(31) And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 9:18Ecclesiastes 2:24Ecclesiastes 2:25Ecclesiastes 3:12Ecclesiastes 3:13Ecclesiastes 5:18Ecclesiastes 5:19Ecclesiastes 5:20Ecclesiastes 9:7Ecclesiastes 9:8Ecclesiastes 9:9Ecclesiastes 9:10

Related verses (shared words)

John 15:19John 1:10John 3:17John 17:14I John 2:15I John 4:5

(32) But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 55:22Matthew 6:25Matthew 6:26Matthew 6:27Matthew 6:28Matthew 6:29Matthew 6:30Matthew 6:31Matthew 6:32Matthew 6:33Matthew 6:34Matthew 13:22

Related verses (shared words)

I Corinthians 7:34

(33) But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 5:1Nehemiah 5:2Nehemiah 5:3Nehemiah 5:4Nehemiah 5:5Luke 12:22I Thessalonians 4:11I Thessalonians 4:12I Timothy 5:8I Corinthians 7:3I Samuel 1:4I Samuel 1:5

Related verses (shared words)

I Corinthians 7:34John 15:19John 1:10John 3:17John 17:14I John 2:15

(34) There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:36Luke 2:37II Corinthians 7:11II Corinthians 7:12II Corinthians 8:16II Corinthians 11:28I Timothy 3:5Titus 3:8I Corinthians 6:20Romans 6:13Romans 12:1Romans 12:2

Related verses (shared words)

I Corinthians 7:33John 15:19Romans 7:2Romans 7:3I Corinthians 7:4I Corinthians 7:32

(35) And 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.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:2I Corinthians 7:5I Corinthians 7:6I Corinthians 7:7I Corinthians 7:8I Corinthians 7:9I Corinthians 7:28I Corinthians 7:36Matthew 19:12Ephesians 5:3Philippians 4:8I Timothy 1:10

(36) But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Samuel 2:33I Corinthians 7:9I Corinthians 7:37

Related verses (shared words)

I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4Deuteronomy 28:54

(37) Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast 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.
Cross-references
Related verses (shared words)

II Kings 4:26I Corinthians 7:38II Timothy 2:19I Corinthians 9:12

(38) So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:2Hebrews 13:4I Corinthians 7:1I Corinthians 7:8I Corinthians 7:26I Corinthians 7:32I Corinthians 7:33I Corinthians 7:34I Corinthians 7:37

Related verses (shared words)

II Kings 4:26Ecclesiastes 3:14Ezekiel 18:24John 5:19III John 1:11Deuteronomy 12:10

(39) The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:10I Corinthians 7:15Romans 7:2Romans 7:3Genesis 6:2Deuteronomy 7:3Deuteronomy 7:4Malachi 2:11II Corinthians 6:14II Corinthians 6:15II Corinthians 6:16

Related verses (shared words)

Romans 7:2Romans 7:3Numbers 5:20Numbers 30:12Numbers 30:13Deuteronomy 24:3

(40) But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Corinthians 7:1I Corinthians 7:8I Corinthians 7:26I Corinthians 7:35I Corinthians 7:25I Corinthians 9:1I Corinthians 9:2I Corinthians 9:3I Corinthians 14:36I Corinthians 14:37II Corinthians 10:8II Corinthians 10:9

Related verses (shared words)

John 15:4Romans 12:3

‹ Previous I Corinthians • Chapter 7 Next ›
7
I Corinthians • Ch. 7
0:00
Scenic Wonders Bible
0:00