"Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the…" — 1 Corinthians 7:25

1 Corinthians 7:25 · KJV

“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 24

Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

Verse 26

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}

1 Corinthians 7 — Context

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.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:6

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

1 Corinthians 4:2

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

1 Corinthians 7:40

But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

2 Corinthians 8:8-10

I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

1 Corinthians 7:12

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.

2 Corinthians 11:17

That which I speak, I speak {it} not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

1 Corinthians 7:34

There is difference {also} between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please {her} husband.

1 Corinthians 7:36-38

But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of {her} age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.