1 Corinthians 7:7
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7Sometimes I wish everyone were single like me—a simpler life in many ways! But celibacy is not for everyone any more than marriage is. God gives the gift of the single life to some, the gift of the married life to others.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one person has this gift, another has that.
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NLTNew Living Translation
But I wish everyone were single, just as I am. Yet each person has a special gift from God, of one kind or another.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
For 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.
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