1 Corinthians 7:34
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 7:34 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 7:34 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she ma..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 7:34 — KJV
“There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:34 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 7:34 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 7:34
“But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: that belong...: Gr. of the Lord”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:34: unmarried, careth, things
“But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:34: difference, between, lord
“If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. a stranger: Heb. a man a stranger”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:34: also, things, may
“But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:34: also, things, lord
“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 7:34: wife, woman, married
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