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1 Corinthians | Chapter 7 | Audio · Life Community Church

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  Hey, Life Community Church, this is your host, Shelley Williamson.
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  We're currently in week seven of our Summer in Corinthians series.
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  Today we'll be reading First Corinthians chapter seven, and the new living translation reads this way.
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  Now, regarding the questions you asked in your letter.
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  Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations, but because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
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  The husband should fulfill his wife's sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband's needs.
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  The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his body to his wife.
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  Do not deprive each other of sexual relations unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer.
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  Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won't be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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  I say this not as a concession, I say this as a concession, not as a command.
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  But I wish everyone were single just as I am, yet each person has a special gift from God of one kind or another.
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  So I say to those who aren't married and to widows, it is better to stay unmarried, just as I am.
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  But if they can't control themselves, they should go ahead and marry.
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  It's better to marry than to burn with lust.
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  But for those who are married, I have a command that comes not from me, but from the Lord.
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  A wife must not leave her husband.
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  But if she does leave him, let her remain single or else be reconciled to him, and the husband must not leave his wife.
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  Now I will speak to the rest of you, though I do not have a direct command from the Lord.
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  If a fellow believer has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to continue living with him, he must not leave her.
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  And if a believing woman has a husband who is not a believer, and he is willing to continue living with her, she must not leave him.
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  For the believing wife brings holiness to her marriage, and the believing husband brings holiness to his marriage.
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  Otherwise your children would not be holy, but now they are holy.
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  But if the husband or wife, who isn't a believer, insists on leaving, let them go.
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  In such cases, the believing husband or wife is no longer bound to the other, or God has called you to live in peace.
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  Don't you wives realize that your husbands might be saved because of you?
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  And don't you husbands realize that your wives might be saved because of you?
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  Each of you should continue to live in whatever situation the Lord has placed you and remain as you were when God first called you.
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  This is my rule for all the churches.
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  For instance, a man who was circumcised before he became a believer should not try to reverse it.
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  And the man who was uncircumcised when he became a believer should not be circumcised now, for it makes no difference whether or not a man has been circumcised.
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  The important thing is to keep God's commandments.
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  Yes, each of you should remain as you were when God called you.
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  Are you a slave?
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  Don't let that worry you.
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  But if you get a chance to be free, take it.
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  And remember, if you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free in the Lord.
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  And if you were free when the Lord called you, you are now a slave of Christ.
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  God paid a high price for you, so don't be enslaved by the world.
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  Each of you, dear brothers and sisters, should remain as you were when God first called you.
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  Now regarding your question about the young women who are not yet married, I do not have a command from the Lord for them, but the Lord in his mercy has given me wisdom that can be trusted, and I will share it with you.
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  Because of the present crisis, I think it is best to remain as you are.
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  If you have a wife, do not seek to end the marriage.
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  If you do not have a wife, do not seek to get married.
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  But if you do get married, it is not a sin.
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  And if a young woman gets married, it is not a sin.
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  However, those who get married at this time will have troubles, and I'm trying to spare you those problems.
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  But let me say this, dear brothers and sisters, the time that remains is very short.
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  So from now on, those with wives should not focus only on their marriage.
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  Those who weep or who rejoice or who buy things should not be absorbed by their weeping or their joy or their possessions.
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  Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them, for this world as we know it will soon pass away.
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  I want you to be free from the concerns of this life.
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  An unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lord's work and thinking how to please him.
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  But a married man has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife.
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  His interests are divided.
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  In the same way, a woman who is no longer married or has never been married can be devoted to the Lord and holy in body and in spirit.
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  But a married woman has to think about her earthly responsibilities and how to please her husband.
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  I'm saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you.
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  I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best with as few distractions as possible.
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  But if a man thinks that he's treating his fiancee improperly and will inevitably give in to his passion, let him marry her as he wishes.
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  It is not a sin.
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  But if he has decided firmly not to marry and there is no urgency, and he can control his passion, he does well not to marry.
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  So the person who marries his fiancee does well, and the person who does not marry does even better.
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  But in my opinion, it would be better for her to stay single.
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  And I think I am giving you counsel from God's spirit when I say this.