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1 Corinthians 7:7
The Message
1 Corinthians 7:7
The Message
7 Sometimes I wish everyone were single like me—a simpler life in many ways! But celibacy is not for everyone any more than marriage is. God gives the gift of the single life to some, the gift of the married life to others.
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1 Corinthians 7:7
New International Version
1 Corinthians 7:7
New International Version
7 I wish that all of you were as I am.(A) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(B)
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