KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Corinthians 7:1–2
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1 Corinthians 7:1
1NOW concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1¶ Now cōcerning the things wherof ye wrote vnto me, It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:2
2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
2Neuerthelesse, to auoid fornication, let euery man haue his owne wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Corinthians 7:1
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
concerning
Regarding, relating to, or about.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Of which; of what.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 (facsimile-linked witness) · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)
Of write.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Corinthians 7:2
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
Nevertheless
Not the less; even so; despite the preceding circumstance or objection.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To depart, withdraw, escape, or shun.
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fornication
Sexual intercourse outside lawful marriage; sexual uncleanness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A married man in relation to his wife; also one who manages or cultivates carefully.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 1
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Open the full verse study8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
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Open the full verse study26I 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.
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Open the full verse study10¶ His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
11But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
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Open the full verse study37Nevertheless 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.
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Open the full verse study6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
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Open the full verse study29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
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Open the full verse study9Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
From verse 2
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Open the full verse study28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
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Open the full verse study33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
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Open the full verse study9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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Open the full verse study22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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Open the full verse study18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
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Open the full verse study14¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
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Open the full verse study14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
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Open the full verse study3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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