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1 Corinthians 7:23-25
Contemporary English Version
1 Corinthians 7:23-25
Contemporary English Version
23 God paid a great price for you. So don't become slaves of anyone else. 24 Stay what you were when God chose you.
Unmarried People
25 I don't know of anything the Lord said about people who have never been married.[a] But I will tell you what I think. And you can trust me, because the Lord has treated me with kindness.
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- 7.25 people who have never been married: Or “virgins.”
1 Corinthians 7:23-25
New International Version
1 Corinthians 7:23-25
New International Version
23 You were bought at a price;(A) do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(B)
Concerning the Unmarried
25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord,(C) but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy(D) is trustworthy.
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