Sermons citing 1 Corinthians 7:17–31

^7:19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

^7:20 Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

^7:21 Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

^7:22 For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

^7:23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

^7:24 Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.

^7:25 Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

^7:26 Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.

^7:27 Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

^7:28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

^7:29 What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

^7:30 those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;

^7:31 and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.