1 Corinthians 7:7 Parallel Translations

I would like everyone to be like me. However, each person has a special gift from God, and these gifts vary from person to person.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

WEY:

Yet I would that everybody lived as I do; but each of us has his own special gift from God--one in one direction and one in another.

WBS:

For I would that all men were as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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.

1 Corinthians 7:7 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 19:11 But He said to them, "Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given.

Romans 12:6 Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;

1 Corinthians 7:8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.

1 Corinthians 9:5 Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

1 Corinthians 12:4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:7 For I {e} 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.
(e) I wish.

PNT:

7:7 I would that all men were as I myself. Had absolute self-control, as I have. His directions all recognize the weakness of human nature, and the need of making no requirements too great for it.
But every man hath his proper gift of God. He had the gift of self-control; others might have other gifts which he did not have.

WES:

7:7 For I would that all men were herein even as I - I would that all believers who are now unmarried would remain eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake St. Paul, having tasted the sweetness of this liberty, wished others to enjoy it, as well as himself. But every one hath his proper gift from God - According to our Lord's declaration, All men cannot receive this saying, save they, the happy few, to whom it is given, Matt 19:11.

MHC:

7:1-9 The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, in that juncture of time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, and the comforts of that state, are settled by Divine wisdom. Though none may break the law of God, yet that perfect rule leaves men at liberty to serve him in the way most suited to their powers and circumstances, of which others often are very unfit judges. All must determine for themselves, seeking counsel from God how they ought to act.

CONC:

Desire Direction Everybody Gift Howbeit However Indeed Kind Manner Myself Power Proper Special Thus Wish Yet

Desire Gift However Kind Life Manner Power Proper Special Way Wish

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

Online Parallel Bible