1 Corinthians 7:18

“Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.”

"Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised." - 1 Corinthians 7:18
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What does 1 Corinthians 7:18 mean?

1 Corinthians 7:18 (KJV) - "Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised." This verse from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians addresses the issue of circumcision, which was a hotly…

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Embracing Our Divine Calling: A Reflection on 1 Corinthians 7:18

In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, we encounter a profound truth about identity, calling, and the land where the Gospel meets the complexities of life. 1 Corinthians 7:18 states: "Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called…

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A Prayer for Acceptance and Purpose in Our Calling

Gracious and Eternal Father, As I come before You today, my heart is humbled, and my spirit is longing for Your light and guidance. I thank You for Your Word, for it is truth and life. Your Scriptures remind me that in 1 Corinthians 7:18, You exhort us with an understanding of…

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1 Corinthians 7:18 - "Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised."
1 Corinthians 15:18 - "Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished."
1 Corinthians 1:18 - "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."
1 Corinthians 7:6 - "But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment."
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
2 Corinthians 1:18 - "But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay."
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
1 Corinthians 4:18 - "Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you."
1 Corinthians 16:18 - "For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such."
1 Corinthians 10:18 - "Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?"
1 Corinthians 15:7 - "After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles."
1 Corinthians 7:23 - "Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men."
1 Corinthians 7:19 - "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God."
1 Corinthians 7:31 - "And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away."
1 Corinthians 14:18 - "I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:"
1 Corinthians 1:7 - "So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:"
1 Corinthians 12:7 - "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal."
1 Corinthians 7:1 - "Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman."
1 Corinthians 12:18 - "But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him."
1 Corinthians 7:20 - "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called."
1 Corinthians 7:9 - "But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."
1 Corinthians 7:30 - "And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;"
1 Corinthians 7:24 - "Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God."
1 Corinthians 7:8 - "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I."
1 Corinthians 7:26 - "I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be."
1 Corinthians 7:33 - "But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife."
"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." - 1 Corinthians 1:18