Chapter 7
1 Cor 7:1 Now concerning the things
whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Cor 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid
fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have
her own husband.
1 Cor 7:3 Let the husband render
unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
1 Cor 7:4 The wife hath not power
of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not
power of his own body, but the wife.
1 Cor 7:5 Defraud ye not one the
other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves
to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not
for your incontinency.
1 Cor 7:6 But I speak this by permission,
and not of commandment.
1 Cor 7:7 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.
1 Cor 7:8 I say therefore to the
unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Cor 7:9 But if they cannot contain,
let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 Cor 7:10 And unto the married
I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
1 Cor 7:11 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 Cor 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.
1 Cor 7:13 And the woman which hath
an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her,
let her not leave him.
1 Cor 7:14 For the unbelieving husband
is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the
husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
1 Cor 7:15 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.
1 Cor 7:16 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 Cor 7:17 But as God hath distributed
to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so
ordain I in all churches.
1 Cor 7:18 Is any man called being
circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision?
let him not be circumcised.
1 Cor 7:19 Circumcision is nothing,
and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
1 Cor 7:20 Let every man abide in
the same calling wherein he was called.
1 Cor 7:21 Art thou called being
a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
1 Cor 7:22 For he that is called
in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that
is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
1 Cor 7:23 Ye are bought with a
price; be not ye the servants of men.
1 Cor 7:24 Brethren, let every man,
wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
1 Cor 7:25 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 Cor 7:26 I suppose therefore that
this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man
so to be.
1 Cor 7:27 Art thou bound unto a
wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
1 Cor 7:28 But and if thou marry,
thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless
such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
1 Cor 7:29 But this I say, brethren,
the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though
they had none;
1 Cor 7:30 And they that weep, as
though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not;
and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
1 Cor 7:31 And they that use this
world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
1 Cor 7:32 But I would have you
without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong
to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
1 Cor 7:33 But he that is married
careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
1 Cor 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 Cor 7:35 And this I speak for
your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which
is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
1 Cor 7:36 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.
1 Cor 7:37 Nevertheless he that
standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over
his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin,
doeth well.
1 Cor 7:38 So then he that giveth
her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth
better.
1 Cor 7:39 The wife is bound by
the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she
is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
1 Cor 7:40 But she is happier if
she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit
of God.
Chapter 8
1 Cor 8:1 Now as touching things
offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth
up, but charity edifieth.
1 Cor 8:2 And if any man think that
he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
1 Cor 8:3 But if any man love God,
the same is known of him.
1 Cor 8:4 As concerning therefore
the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we
know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other
God but one.
1 Cor 8:5 For though there be that
are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many,
and lords many,)
1 Cor 8:6 But to us there is but
one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
1 Cor 8:7 Howbeit there is not in
every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this
hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being
weak is defiled.
1 Cor 8:8 But meat commendeth us
not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat
not, are we the worse.
1 Cor 8:9 But take heed lest by
any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are
weak.
1 Cor 8:10 For if any man see thee
which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience
of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered
to idols;
1 Cor 8:11 And through thy knowledge
shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
1 Cor 8:12 But when ye sin so against
the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
1 Cor 8:13 Wherefore, if meat make
my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest
I make my brother to offend.
Chapter 9
1 Cor 9:1 Am I not an apostle? am
I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in
the Lord?
1 Cor 9:2 If I be not an apostle
unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship
are ye in the Lord.
1 Cor 9:3 Mine answer to them that
do examine me is this,
1 Cor 9:4 Have we not power to eat
and to drink?
1 Cor 9:5 Have we not power to lead
about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren
of the Lord, and Cephas?
1 Cor 9:6 Or I only and Barnabas,
have not we power to forbear working?
1 Cor 9:7 Who goeth a warfare any
time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the
fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the
flock?
1 Cor 9:8 Say I these things as
a man? or saith not the law the same also?
1 Cor 9:9 For it is written in the
law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out
the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
1 Cor 9:10 Or saith he it altogether
for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth
should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker
of his hope.
1 Cor 9:11 If we have sown unto
you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal
things?
1 Cor 9:12 If others be partakers
of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used
this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of
Christ.
1 Cor 9:13 Do ye not know that they
which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and
they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
1 Cor 9:14 Even so hath the Lord
ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
1 Cor 9:15 But I have used none
of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be
so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should
make my glorying void.
1 Cor 9:16 For though I preach the
gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea,
woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
1 Cor 9:17 For if I do this thing
willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the
gospel is committed unto me.
1 Cor 9:18 What is my reward then?
Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ
without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
1 Cor 9:19 For though I be free
from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain
the more.
1 Cor 9:20 And unto the Jews I became
as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as
under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
1 Cor 9:21 To them that are without
law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to
Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
1 Cor 9:22 To the weak became I
as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that
I might by all means save some.
1 Cor 9:23 And this I do for the
gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
1 Cor 9:24 Know ye not that they
which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that
ye may obtain.
1 Cor 9:25 And every man that striveth
for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a
corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
1 Cor 9:26 I therefore so run, not
as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
1 Cor 9:27 But I keep under my body,
and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached
to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Chapter 10
1 Cor 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I
would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under
the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1 Cor 10:2 And were all baptized
unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1 Cor 10:3 And did all eat the same
spiritual meat;
1 Cor 10:4 And did all drink the
same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed
them: and that Rock was Christ.
1 Cor 10:5 But with many of them
God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1 Cor 10:6 Now these things were
our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they
also lusted.
1 Cor 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters,
as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and
drink, and rose up to play.
1 Cor 10:8 Neither let us commit
fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty
thousand.
1 Cor 10:9 Neither let us tempt
Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
1 Cor 10:10 Neither murmur ye, as
some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
1 Cor 10:11 Now all these things
happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the world are come.
1 Cor 10:12 Wherefore let him that
thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
1 Cor 10:13 There hath no temptation
taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not
suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Cor 10:14 Wherefore, my dearly
beloved, flee from idolatry.
1 Cor 10:15 I speak as to wise men;
judge ye what I say.
1 Cor 10:16 The cup of blessing
which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread
which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
1 Cor 10:17 For we being many are
one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
1 Cor 10:18 Behold Israel after
the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
1 Cor 10:19 What say I then? that
the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is
any thing?
1 Cor 10:20 But I say, that the
things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not
to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
1 Cor 10:21 Ye cannot drink the
cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's
table, and of the table of devils.
1 Cor 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord
to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
1 Cor 10:23 All things are lawful
for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me,
but all things edify not.
1 Cor 10:24 Let no man seek his
own, but every man another's wealth.
1 Cor 10:25 Whatsoever is sold in
the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
1 Cor 10:26 For the earth is the
Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
1 Cor 10:27 If any of them that
believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is
set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
1 Cor 10:28 But if any man say unto
you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that
showed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the
fulness thereof:
1 Cor 10:29 Conscience, I say, not
thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's
conscience?
1 Cor 10:30 For if I by grace be
a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
1 Cor 10:31 Whether therefore ye
eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Cor 10:32 Give none offence, neither
to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
1 Cor 10:33 Even as I please all
men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many,
that they may be saved.
Chapter 11
1 Cor 11:1 Be ye followers of me,
even as I also am of Christ.
1 Cor 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren,
that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered
them to you.
1 Cor 11:3 But I would have you
know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is
the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1 Cor 11:4 Every man praying or
prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
1 Cor 11:5 But every woman that
prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for
that is even all one as if she were shaven.
1 Cor 11:6 For if the woman be not
covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be
shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
1 Cor 11:7 For a man indeed ought
not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but
the woman is the glory of the man.
1 Cor 11:8 For the man is not of
the woman; but the woman of the man.
1 Cor 11:9 Neither was the man created
for the woman; but the woman for the man.
1 Cor 11:10 For this cause ought
the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
1 Cor 11:11 Nevertheless neither
is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the
Lord.
1 Cor 11:12 For as the woman is
of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
1 Cor 11:13 Judge in yourselves:
is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
1 Cor 11:14 Doth not even nature
itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
1 Cor 11:15 But if a woman have
long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
1 Cor 11:16 But if any man seem
to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
1 Cor 11:17 Now in this that I declare
unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but
for the worse.
1 Cor 11:18 For first of all, when
ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you;
and I partly believe it.
1 Cor 11:19 For there must be also
heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among
you.
1 Cor 11:20 When ye come together
therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
1 Cor 11:21 For in eating every
one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another
is drunken.
1 Cor 11:22 What? have ye not houses
to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them
that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise
you not.
1 Cor 11:23 For I have received
of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the
same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
1 Cor 11:24 And when he had given
thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken
for you: this do in remembrance of me.
1 Cor 11:25 After the same manner
also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament
in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
1 Cor 11:26 For as often as ye eat
this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.
1 Cor 11:27 Wherefore whosoever
shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall
be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Cor 11:28 But let a man examine
himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1 Cor 11:29 For he that eateth and
drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning
the Lord's body.
1 Cor 11:30 For this cause many
are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1 Cor 11:31 For if we would judge
ourselves, we should not be judged.
1 Cor 11:32 But when we are judged,
we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the
world.
1 Cor 11:33 Wherefore, my brethren,
when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
1 Cor 11:34 And if any man hunger,
let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the
rest will I set in order when I come.