1 Corinthians 7:19 — Meaning and Application

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“Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.”

1 Corinthians 7:19

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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.

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

Art thou called {being} a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use {it} rather.

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1 Corinthians 7:1

"Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: {It is} good for a man not to touch a woman."

1 Corinthians 7:2

"Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband."

1 Corinthians 7:3

"Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband."

1 Corinthians 7:4

"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."

1 Corinthians 7:5

"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."

1 Corinthians 7:6

"But I speak this by permission, {and} not of commandment."

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