1 Corinthians 7:7

1 Corinthians 7:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For 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.
• New International Version (NIV)I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

Context of 1 Corinthians 7:7

5Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6But this I say by way of concession, not of command. Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that. 8But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 9But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

1 Corinthians 7:7 word by word

θέλω δὲ πάντας ἀνθρώπους εἶναι ὡς καὶ ἐμαυτόν· ἀλλ᾽ ἕκαστος ἴδιον ἔχει χάρισμα ἐκ θεοῦ, ὁ μὲν οὕτως, ὁ δὲ οὕτως.¶Read the interlinear

• Yetδέde · thenG1161
• I wishθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• that allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• as I myselfἐμαυτοῦemautou emautō emauton · myselfG1683
• am. Howeverἀλλάalla · butG235
• eachἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• hasἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• his ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• giftχάρισμαcharisma · giftG5486
• from Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• oneὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• in thisοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• and anotherὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 7:7

• 1 Corinthians 7:26I think then that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
• 1 Corinthians 9:5Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
• Acts 26:29And Paul said, “I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:11But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
• Matthew 19:11But He said to them, “Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 7:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For I would that all men, etc. - He wished that all that were then in the Church were, like him self, unmarried; but this was in reference to the necessities of the Church, or what he calls, 1 Corinthians 7:26, the present distress: for it never could be his wish that marriage should cease among men, and that human beings should no longer be propagated upon earth; nor could he wish that the Church of Christ should always be composed of single persons…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For I would … - I would prefer. That all men … - That Paul was unmarried is evident from 1 Corinthians 9:5. But he does not refer to this fact here. When he wishes that all people were like himself, he evidently does not intend that he would prefer that all should be unmarried, for this would be against the divine institution, and against his own precepts elsewhere. But he would be glad if all people had control over their passions and propensities as he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Paul prefers being single, but he acknowledges that both marriage and being single are gifts from God to different people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. even as I--having tile gift of continence (Mt 19:11, 12). This wish does not hold good absolutely, else the extension of mankind and of the Church would cease; but relatively to "the present distress" (1Co 7:26).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 7:7

• Celibacy
• Chastity
• Continence
• Example
• Gifts from God
• Marriage
• Stoicism

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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