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.


In Context

4 The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.

5 Don't deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn't tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

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

7 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.

8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

9 But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's 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 English Revised 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 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 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.