1 Corinthians 7:25
Now 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.
KJV
Περὶ δὲ τῶν παρθένων ἐπιταγὴν κυρίου οὐκ ἔχω, γνώμην δὲ δίδωμι ὡς ἠλεημένος ὑπὸ κυρίου πιστὸς εἶναι.
Greek NT
De virginibus autem præceptum Domini non habeo : consilium autem do, tamquam misericordiam consecutus a Domino, ut sim fidelis.
Vulgate
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.
ASV
Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γνώμη
gnome
noun · 9×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παρθένος
parthenos
noun · 15×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πιστός
pistos
adjective · 67×
ἐλεέω
eleeo
verb · 31×
ἐπιταγή
epitage
noun · 7×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
At first God deemed it sufficient to inscribe the natural law, or the Decalogue, upon the hearts of men; but afterwards He found it necessary to bridle, with the yoke of the Mosaic law, the desires of the Jews, who were abusing their liberty; and even to add some special commands, because of the hardness of their hearts. 1. They (the Jews) had therefore a law, a course of disci…
2. Do you see what great profit arises to us from the poor? Should you take them away, you would take away the great hope of our salvation. Wherefore here must we get together the oil, that it may be useful to us there, when the time calls us. For that is not the time of collecting it, but this. Spend not then your goods for nought in luxury and vainglory. For you will have nee…
Chapter 27.—Against the Belief of Those Who Think that the Sins Which Have Been Accompanied with Almsgiving Will Do Them No Harm. It remains to reply to those who maintain that those only shall burn in eternal fire who neglect alms-deeds proportioned to their sins, resting this opinion on the words of the Apostle James, “He shall have judgment without mercy that hath showed no …
Since, then, Christ has two natures, we hold that He has also two natural wills and two natural energies. But since His two natures have one subsistence, we hold that it is one and the same person who wills and energises naturally in both natures, of which, and in which, and also which is Christ our Lord: and moreover that He wills and energises without separation but as a unit…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:2 — Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
- 1Cor 4:2 — Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
- 1Cor 4:17 — For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every chur
- 1Cor 7:6 — But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
- 1Cor 7:6 — But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
- 1Cor 7:10 — And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
- 1Cor 7:12 — But 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.
- 1Cor 7:12 — But 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.
- 1Cor 7:40 — But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
- 1Cor 7:40 — But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
- 1Pet 2:10 — Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
- 1Tim 1:12 — And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
- 2Cor 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
- 2Cor 8:8 — I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
- 2Cor 8:8 — I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
- 2Cor 8:10 — And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
- Col 1:7 — As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
- Matt 5:7 — Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
- Rev 14:4 — These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God
- Rom 11:30 — For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: