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1 Corinthians 7:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Corinthians 7:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 [a]But I speak this by permission, not by commandment.
7 For I [b]would that all men were even as I myself am: but every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 [c]Therefore I say unto the [d]unmarried, and unto the widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I do.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:6 Fifthly, he teacheth that marriage is not simply necessary for all men, but for them which have not the gift of continency, and this gift is by a peculiar grace of God.
- 1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish.
- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Sixthly, he giveth the selfsame admonition touching the second marriage, to wit, that a single life is to be allowed, but for such as have the gift of continency: otherwise they ought to marry again, that their conscience may be at peace.
- 1 Corinthians 7:8 This whole place is flat against them which condemn second marriages.
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