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1Cr 7:7 (KJV) — For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

1Cr 7:7 (NASB) — *Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

I would	St. Paul evidently gave this advice in reference to the necessities of the church, or what he calls (1Cr 7:26) the present distress; for it would be perfectly absurd to imagine that an inspired apostle would in the general, discountenance marriage, since it was of the greatest importance to the existence and happiness of future generations, and expressly agreeable to a Divine institution. 1Cr 9:5,15; Act 26:29
But	1Cr 12:11; Mat 19:11,12