For (A)I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

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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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Jesus Teaches on Celibacy

11 But He said to them, (A)“All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given: 12 For there are [a]eunuchs who were born thus from their mother’s womb, and (B)there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:12 Emasculated men

11 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.(A) 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

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Do we have no right to take along [a]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, (A)the brothers of the Lord, and (B)Cephas?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife

Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(A) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(B) and Cephas[a]?(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is (A)given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us (B)prophesy in proportion to our faith;

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We have different gifts,(A) according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying,(B) then prophesy in accordance with your[a] faith;(C)

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  1. Romans 12:6 Or the

(A)There are [a]diversities of gifts, but (B)the same Spirit.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 12:4 allotments or various kinds

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit(A) distributes them.

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But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: (A)It is good for them if they remain even as I am;

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Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(A)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers

11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, (A)distributing to each one individually (B)as He wills.

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11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit,(A) and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

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29 And Paul said, (A)“I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”

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29 Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”(A)

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15 But (A)I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for (B)it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

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15 But I have not used any of these rights.(A) And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.(B)

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