20 Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
1 Corinthians 7:20
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1 Corinthians 7:23–25
23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. 24 Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him. 25 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.
1 Corinthians 7:12–14
12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbeliev…
1 Corinthians 7:7–9
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1 Corinthians 7:1–3
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1 Corinthians 14:39–40
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