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1 Corinthians 7:17
17But each of you should continue to live in the way that God has chosen for you. Remain as you were at the time when God called you to come to him. I teach that rule to people in all the churches.
1 Corinthians 7:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But 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.
- New International Version (NIV)Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.
Context of 1 Corinthians 7:17
15But the husband or wife who does not believe in Christ may want to leave. If they want to become separate, let them do that. If that happens, the Christian man or woman is now free. God wants you to live in peace. 16If you are a Christian wife, you might save your husband. If you are a Christian husband, you might save your wife. But you can not be sure of what will happen. But each of you should continue to live in the way that God has chosen for you. Remain as you were at the time when God called you to come to him. I teach that rule to people in all the churches. 18Some of you are Jews, so people circumcised you. That happened before you believed in Christ. So do not try to change it. Some of you are not Jews. Nobody circumcised you. So continue like that. Do not ask anyone to circumcise you. 19It is not important whether someone has circumcised you or not. The important thing is this: Obey what God says.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 71 Corinthians 7:17 word by word
εἰ μὴ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ἐμέρισεν ὁ κύριος, ἕκαστον ὡς κέκληκεν ὁ θεός, οὕτως περιπατείτω· καὶ οὕτως ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις πάσαις διατάσσομαι.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Butεἰei · if: notG1487
- ·μήmē · notG3361
- asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- hath distributedμερίζωmerizō · to divideG3307
- to every manἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
- the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- hath calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
- soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
- let him walkπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- ordain Iδιατάσσωdiatassō · to directG1299
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- churchesἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 7:17
- 1 Corinthians 7:7It would be good if all of you could live in the way that I do. But each person has his own gift from God. God helps one person to live in a certain way. God helps another person with a different gift.
- Matthew 19:12There are several different reasons why a person may not marry. Some men cannot have sex. They were born like that. Some other people cannot have sex because people did something to them. Some people choose not to have sex. They do not marry because then they can work better for God and his kingdom. Anyone who can agree with this idea should do it.’
- Romans 12:3God has been kind to me so that I can serve him. Because of that, I say this to every one of you: Do not think that you are better than you really are. Instead, think about yourself carefully. Decide how much God has helped you to trust him. Then you will know how to serve him well.
- 1 Peter 4:10God has helped each of you in a certain way. Think carefully about how to use that gift from God well. Remember that God has given many different gifts to his people so that they can help each other.
- 1 Corinthians 7:18Some of you are Jews, so people circumcised you. That happened before you believed in Christ. So do not try to change it. Some of you are not Jews. Nobody circumcised you. So continue like that. Do not ask anyone to circumcise you.
- 1 Corinthians 4:17To help you to do that, I have sent Timothy to visit you. He is like a son to me, and I love him very much. He continues to serve the Lord well. He will help you to remember how I live as a Christian. I teach the same things to all groups of Christians everywhere.
- 1 Corinthians 16:1You asked me about the money that you want to give to God's people at Jerusalem. You should do it in the same way that I told the churches in Galatia.
- 2 Corinthians 11:28All these troubles have happened to me. But also, every day I have trouble in my mind. I worry about the believers in all the churches.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 7:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17But as God hath distributed to every man, etc. - Let every man fulfill the duties of the state to which God in the course of his providence has called him. So ordain I in all Churches - I do not lay on you a burden which others are not called to bear: this is the general rule which, by the authority of God, I impose on every Christian society.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17But as God hath distributed - As God hath divided ( ̓́ emerisen); that is, given, imparted to anyone. As God has given grace to everyone. The words ̓ ̀ ei mēdenote simply but in the beginning of this verse. The apostle here introduces a new subject; or an inquiry varying somewhat from that preceding, though of the same general nature. He had discussed the question whether a husband and wife ought to be separated on account of a difference in religion…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 The rules of Christianity reach every condition; and in every state a man may live so as to be a credit to it. It is the duty of every Christian to be content with his lot, and to conduct himself in his rank and place as becomes a Christian. Our comfort and happiness depend on what we are to Christ, not what we are in the world. No man should think to make his faith or religion, an argument to break through any natural or civil obligations…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Generally, Christians should stay in the social situation they were in when they first became believers (see 1 Corintihans 7:20, 24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. But--Greek, "If not." "Only." Caution that believers should not make this direction (1Co 7:16; as Alford explains it) a ground for separating "of themselves" (1Co 7:12-14). Or, But if there be no hope of gaining over the unbeliever, still let the general principle be maintained, "As the Lord hath allotted to each, as God hath called each, so let him walk" (so the Greek in the oldest reading); let him walk in the path allotted to him and wherein he was…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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