concerning.

1 Corinthians 7:28,34,36-38 But and if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh...

Psalm 78:63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

virgins. The word [parthenos,] as well as the Latin virgo, 'a virgin,' though it generally signifies a maid, frequently denotes unmarried persons of both sexes; in which sense it is evidently used here by the apostle.

have.

1 Corinthians 7:6,10,12,40 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment...

2 Corinthians 8:8-10 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love...

2 Corinthians 11:17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

obtained.

1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed on me was not in vain...

2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:1,2 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not...

1 Timothy 1:12-16 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry...