1 Corinthians 7:17

Contentment God's will and calling Guidance and decisions

¹⁵ But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.

¹⁶ How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

¹⁸ Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.

¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
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.
WEB: Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
ASV: Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.
DARBY: However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God has called each, so let him walk; and thus I ordain in all the assemblies.
BLB: Nevertheless, as the Lord apportioned to each, as God has called each, thus let him walk. And thus I direct in all the churches.

ÅB: Dog vandre hver slik som Herren har gitt ham, som Gud har kalt ham! Og slik foreskriver jeg i alle menigheter.
OTB: Likevel, slik Herren har tildelt hver enkelt, slik Gud har kalt hver, la dem leve på denne måten. Dette er min regel i alle kirkene.
B1930: Dog vandre hver således som Herren har gitt ham, som Gud har kalt ham! Og således foreskriver jeg i alle menigheter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 4:17
That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
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1 Corinthians 7:24
Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
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Romans 12:3–8
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
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1 Corinthians 7:20–21
Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
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2 Corinthians 11:28
Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
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2 Corinthians 8:18
Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.
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1 Corinthians 7:18
Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
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1 Corinthians 7:7
I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
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