Quotes about Responsibility
But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
— 1 Corinthians 7:11
For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
— 1 Corinthians 7:22
Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
— 1 Corinthians 7:27
I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
— 1 Corinthians 7:32
But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
— 1 Corinthians 7:33
However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
— 1 Corinthians 7:36
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
— 1 Corinthians 8:9
So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
— 1 Corinthians 8:11
By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
— 1 Corinthians 8:12
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
— 1 Corinthians 8:13
If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
— 1 Corinthians 9:12
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
— 1 Corinthians 9:16