Nevertheless, ¹  as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

biblegateway 1Co 7:17

Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches.

However, each one must live his life in the situation the Lord assigned when God called him. This is what I command in all the churches.

But to each one as the Lord has apportioned. As God has called each one, thus let him live—and thus I order in all the churches.

biblegateway 1Co 7:17

Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.

bibleoremus 1Co 7:17

However that may be, let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God called you. This is my rule in all the churches.

However that may be, each one should accept the lot which the Lord has assigned him and continue as he was when God called him. That is the rule I give in all the churches.

biblegateway 1Co 7:17

But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

biblegateway 1Co 7:17

Nevertheless, ¹  as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

¹ tn Or “only”; Grk “if not.”