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For Sunday evening services, the Lord has led me to do a Bible study for practical Bible verses in Acts. Please come back to these Bible lessons in order to review them and learn them. Whenever we have learned the meaning of Bible verses and think about them throughout each day, we will be in perfect peace (Isaiah 26:3). Not only that, but when we are in a situation in our daily lives and are tempted to sin, we can think back to what we have learned from the Bible and say to ourselves, "The Bible says not to do what I am tempted to say, think, do, and/or desire right now, so I am going to refuse to give in to this temptation." This is what Romans 12:2 means, and it says, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." This is also the pattern that Jesus used when the devil tempted Him to sin in Matthew 4:1-11.
Chapter 7
1 CORINTHIANS
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1 Corinthians 7:1-13
1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. (If a married Christian only has sexual relations with their spouse, fornication won't be committed.) 3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. (A married Christian must fulfill the sexual desires of their spouse.) 5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. (A Christian and their spouse can; however, decide to take a break from fulfilling each other's sexual desires for a time in order to be more devoted to prayer.) 6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 7For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. (God gives each Christian different gifts and abilities: One Christian may be gifted with the ability to minister to people very well and still have time to please their spouse and complete earthy responsibilities. On the other hand, like Paul, another Christian would be better suited if they didn't have the responsibility to please their spouse. (1 Corinthians 7:32-35))
8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. (Due to the aforementioned reasons, unmarried and widowed Christians would benefit from not marrying, but they shouldn't lust. (For example, wanting (coveting) another man’s wife should be avoided (Matthew 5:27-30), and it also becomes sinful when they plan how and when they will do any form of a sexual act (Ephesians 5:3) with someone they aren’t married to (This is evil desire (Colossians 3:5) and impure thoughts (Philippians 4:8).) and carry those acts out (James 1:14-15). When they do these sexual acts, they give in to impurity (1 Thessalonians 4:7; Colossians 3:5) and aren’t able to control their body in sanctification and honor (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5). If they aren’t able to stop doing sexual acts, they should become married (1 Corinthians 7:9). Also, if they are so consumed with the desire to have sexual relations that they aren't able to carry out normal, daily functions (1 Corinthians 6:12), they should seek to become married.)
10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. (A person commits adultery if they divorce (Luke 16:18), and they commit adultery again if they marry someone else. Matthew 5:32 and 1 Corinthians 7:15 are the only exceptions to this. If a Christian divorces, they should seek to remarry their former spouse, but they're not always required to do so. (explained in Matthew 5:32 and 1 Corinthians 7:15)
12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. (If, for example, a man becomes a Christian later on in his marriage and his wife hasn't, he should remain married to her. He has the perfect opportunity to lead her to the Lord, and if they have a child, he can lead them to the Lord and teach and demonstrate to them how to live the Christian lifestyle.) 15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. (If a Christian's spouse doesn't want anything to do with Christianity and wants to leave the marriage, the Christian is allowed to divorce and can remarry, and if they do, they should marry a fellow Christian.) 16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? (See note for verses 12-14)
17But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. 18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. (God isn't concerned if a Christian man is circumcised or not, so a Christian man shouldn't be concerned either. Their focus should on obeying God's commandments and living the way the Bible instructs.) 20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
21Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 22For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. (When someone becomes a Christian, they become a servant of Christ (They should live a lifestyle similar to the one explained in chapter 39 of the pdf file book featured at this website - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com) instead of servants of men and the world. (a lifestyle opposite the one explained in the previous note)) 24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. (A Christian who decides not to marry doesn't have the stress and commitment that comes with marriage.) 29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; 30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; 31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 33But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
36But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 37Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 38So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. 40But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
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