1st Corinthians Chapter 7 verse 7 Holy Bible
Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.
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It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.
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Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.
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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.
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Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
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for I wish all men to be even as I myself `am'; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - For I would. The verb here used is thelo (will). In 1 Timothy 5:14 he says, "I prefer (boulomai) that the younger women marry." Even as I myself; endowed, that is, with the gift of continence, which would (in the expected nearness of Christ's coming) render marriage needless, and the condition of man like that of the angels in heaven, who neither marry nor are given in marriage. His proper gift. The "gifts" alluded to are the "graces" (charismata) of the Holy Spirit; and the grace of perfect continence does not exist equally in all (Matthew 19:11). One after this manner, and another after that. The remark is general, but also has its special application to continence and marriage (Matthew 19:12).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) For I would that all men were even as I myself.--Better, I wish rather that all men were as I myself. These words do not mean that the Apostle wished that every one was unmarried, but that every one had the same grace of continence which he himself was endowed with, so that they might without risk of sin remain unmarried (see 1Corinthians 7:26). Yet, he adds, there are many gifts, and God has given to each man his own gift, so that, though you may not have the particular gift of continence which I have, you have some other. One has one kind of gift; another has another kind.
