1 Corinthians 7:8-24
Skip Heitzig
| 1 Corinthians 7 (NKJV™) | |
| 8 | But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; |
| 9 | but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. |
| 10 | Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. |
| 11 | But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife. |
| 12 | But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. |
| 13 | And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him. |
| 14 | For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. |
| 15 | But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace. |
| 16 | For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife? |
| 17 | But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches. |
| 18 | Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. |
| 19 | Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters. |
| 20 | Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called. |
| 21 | Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it. |
| 22 | For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord's freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is Christ's slave. |
| 23 | You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. |
| 24 | Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called. |
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First Corinthians was written to a church that was being adversely affected by the immoral culture around it. Skip Heitzig relates some teachings that seem very contemporary to us today.
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