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But I wish everyone were single, just as I am. Yet each person has a special gift from God, of one kind or another.

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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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11 “Not everyone can accept this statement,” Jesus said. “Only those whom God helps. 12 Some are born as eunuchs, some have been made eunuchs by others, and some choose not to marry[a] for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”

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  1. 19:12 Greek and some make themselves eunuchs.

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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Don’t we have the right to bring a believing wife[a] with us as the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers do, and as Peter[b] does?

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  1. 9:5a Greek a sister a wife.
  2. 9:5b Greek Cephas.

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

In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.

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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

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.

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

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So I say to those who aren’t married and to widows—it’s better to stay unmarried, just 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 It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.

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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 Paul replied, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same 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 Yet I have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that I want to start now. In fact, I would rather die than lose my right to boast about preaching without charge.

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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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