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1 Corinthians 7:25-31 (WEL) Now concerning virgins, I have no command from the Lord. Yet, I give my opinion as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord [and] to be faithful. 26 Therefore, I think it is best for this present distress that it is better for you to remain as you are.…
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1 Corinthians 7:20-24 (WEL) 20 Everyone should remain in the same calling in which he was called. 21 Are you called while a slave? Don’t worry about it. But if you can be free, do so! 22 For he who is called in the Lord, while a slave, is the Lord’s freeman. In the…
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“By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2 Peter 1:4, NKJV) They show us: God’s character God’s power to fulfill God’s knowledge of the future Our joy…
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1 Corinthians 7:17-19 (WEL) But only as God allotted to everyone, as the Lord has called everyone, so let them live their lives. So, I have stipulated in all the congregations. 18 Is any man called [being] already circumcised? He shouldn’t become uncircumcised. Is any man called while uncircumcised? He shouldn’t become circumcised. 19…
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1 Corinthians 7:12-16 (WEL) Now concerning the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is pleased to live with him, let him not divorce her. 13 If a woman has an unbelieving husband, and if he is pleased to live with her, she should not leave…
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1 Corinthians 7:6-11 (WEL) But I tell you this by permission, not by commandment. 7 For I wish that all people were even as I am, but each has their proper gift from God, one in this way and another in that way. 8 Therefore, I say to the unmarried and widows, “It is…
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Summary: Constable quoting Bruce: “”The transition from chapter 6 to chapter 7 illustrates the necessity Paul was under of waging a campaign on two fronts. In chapter 6 he dealt with libertines who argued that everything was permissible, and in particular that sexual licence [sic] was a matter of ethical indifference. In chapter 7…
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1 Corinthians 6:15-20 (WEL) Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Will I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Absolutely not! 16 What, don’t you know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? “….for two,” he says, “will be one…
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1 Corinthians 15:29 (EHV) Otherwise, what will those people do who get baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why do they even get baptized for them? My understanding is that there were martyrs who died before baptism but desired baptism. In honor of them, one would be baptized…
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1 Corinthians 6:12-14 (WEL) All things are lawful for me, but all things are not beneficial. All things may be lawful for me, but I will not be under the control of any. 13 Foods are for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will do away with both it and them.…