1C 7 Quote Cards

Question 1

1C 7:13

Answer 1

And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

Question 2

1C 7:39

Answer 2

A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.

Question 3

1C 7:20

Answer 3

Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

Question 4

1C 7:24

Answer 4

Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

Question 5

1C 7:21

Answer 5

Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you-although if you can gain your freedom, do so.

Question 6

1C 7:28

Answer 6

But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

Question 7

1C 7:6

Answer 7

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

Question 8

1C 7:11

Answer 8

But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

Question 9

1C 7:10

Answer 9

To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

Question 10

1C 7:14

Answer 10

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

Question 11

1C 7:5

Answer 11

Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Question 12

1C 7:25

Answer 12

Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

Question 13

1C 7:3

Answer 13

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

Question 14

1C 7:1

Answer 14

Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

Question 15

1C 7:16

Answer 15

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

Question 16

1C 7:32

Answer 16

I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs-how he can please the Lord.

Question 17

1C 7:23

Answer 17

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings.

Question 18

1C 7:35

Answer 18

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

Question 19

1C 7:34

Answer 19

and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world-how she can please her husband.

Question 20

1C 7:22

Answer 20

For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.

Question 21

1C 7:30

Answer 21

those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep;

Question 22

1C 7:19

Answer 22

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

Question 23

1C 7:40

Answer 23

In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is-and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

Question 24

1C 7:36

Answer 24

If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married.

Question 25

1C 7:2

Answer 25

But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.

Question 26

1C 7:26

Answer 26

Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

Question 27

1C 7:7

Answer 27

I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

Question 28

1C 7:27

Answer 28

Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.

Question 29

1C 7:37

Answer 29

But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin-this man also does the right thing.

Question 30

1C 7:17

Answer 30

Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

Question 31

1C 7:38

Answer 31

So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.

Question 32

1C 7:8

Answer 32

Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.

Question 33

1C 7:15

Answer 33

But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

Question 34

1C 7:33

Answer 34

But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world-how he can please his wife-

Question 35

1C 7:18

Answer 35

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

Question 36

1C 7:9

Answer 36

But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Question 37

1C 7:29

Answer 37

What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not;

Question 38

1C 7:4

Answer 38

The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.

Question 39

1C 7:31

Answer 39

those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

Question 40

1C 7:12

Answer 40

To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.