Key Verse Spotlight
1 Corinthians 7:25 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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.”
1 Corinthians 7:25
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
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.
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, {I say}, that {it is} good for a man so to be. {distress: or, necessity}
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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