Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Corinthians 7:25 in context
1 Corinthians 7:22–28
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For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.
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You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
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Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
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Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
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Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
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Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
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But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
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