1 Corinthians 7:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 7:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 7:2 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 7:2 — KJV
“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:2 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 7:2 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 7:2
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
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“Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.”
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“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
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“But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. a man's...: Heb. married to an husband”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:2: wife, woman, husband
“Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:2: let, every, own
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