Bible Cross References
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1 Corinthians 7:1
Now, to deal with the matters you wrote about. A man does well not to marry.
1 Corinthians 7:8
Now, to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it would be better for you to continue to live alone as I do.
1 Corinthians 7:26
Considering the present distress, I think it is better for a man to stay as he is.
1 Corinthians 7:35
I am saying this because I want to help you. I am not trying to put restrictions on you. Instead, I want you to do what is right and proper, and to give yourselves completely to the Lord's service without any reservation.
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1 Corinthians 7:25
Now, concerning what you wrote about unmarried people: I do not have a command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is worthy of trust.
1 Corinthians 9:1-3
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Am I not a free man? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus our Lord? And aren't you the result of my work for the Lord?
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Even if others do not accept me as an apostle, surely you do! Because of your life in union with the Lord you yourselves are proof of the fact that I am an apostle.
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When people criticize me, this is how I defend myself:
1 Corinthians 14:36
Or could it be that the word of God came from you? Or are you the only ones to whom it came?
1 Corinthians 14:37
If anyone supposes he is God's messenger or has a spiritual gift, he must realize that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command.
2 Corinthians 10:8-10
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For I am not ashamed, even if I have boasted somewhat too much about the authority that the Lord has given us---authority to build you up, not to tear you down.
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I do not want it to appear that I am trying to frighten you with my letters.
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Someone will say, "Paul's letters are severe and strong, but when he is with us in person, he is weak, and his words are nothing!"
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am acting like a fool---but you have made me do it. You are the ones who ought to show your approval of me. For even if I am nothing, I am in no way inferior to those very special "apostles" of yours.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
So then, whoever rejects this teaching is not rejecting a human being, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 3:15
Look on our Lord's patience as the opportunity he is giving you to be saved, just as our dear friend Paul wrote to you, using the wisdom that God gave him.
2 Peter 3:16
This is what he says in all his letters when he writes on the subject. There are some difficult things in his letters which ignorant and unstable people explain falsely, as they do with other passages of the Scriptures. So they bring on their own destruction.