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“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.” (1 Corinthians 7:18–20, AV) I remember someContinue reading “Avoid Fretting (1 Cor 7:18-20)”

“Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.” (1 Corinthians 7:17, ESV) When I was saved in 1983, I knew there would be a host of changes in my life. I also knew theyContinue reading “Answer the Call (1 Cor 7:17-24)”

“God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles” (Hebrews 2:4, AV) While in the study of 1 Corinthians, I felt is necessary to divert for this post and share something that happened to us today. I decided to take my wife out for lunch since she is having surgeryContinue reading “That We May Know (Heb 2:4a)”

“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. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?” (1 Corinthians 7:15–16, AV)Continue reading “Divorce Controversy (1 Corinthians 7:10-16)”

“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. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leaveContinue reading “Single on Sunday (1 Cor 7:12-14)”

“And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.” (1 Corinthians 7:10–11, AV) Today there seems to be an aggressiveContinue reading “Sanctity of Marriage (1 Corinthians 7:10-13)”

“But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 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. I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide evenContinue reading “Gift of Celibacy (1 Cor 7:6-9)”

“Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto theContinue reading “A Duty in Marriage (1 Cor 7:1-5)”

“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20, AV) Certain placesContinue reading “The Temple (1 Cor 6:18-20)”

“All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but forContinue reading “Grace With Purpose (1 Corinthians 6:12-18)”