7Yet 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.


In Context

4 The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

6 But this I say by way of permission, not of commandment.

7 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.

8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

9 But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

1 Corinthians 7:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:7For 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:7I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:7For I would that all men were even as myself: but every one hath his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Yet 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Yet 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7for 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:7For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man has his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.