1 Corinthians 7:32
But I want you to be without worry. The unmarried man cares for things of the Lord, how he will please the Lord.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
31and those who use this world, as not making full use, for the form of this world passes away.
33But he who is married cares for things of the world, how he will please his wife.
Cross References
Psalms 55:22(Cast thy burden upon LORD, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.)
Matthew 13:22And that which was sown in the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
1 Timothy 5:5But the real widow, and made alone, has hoped in God, and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:26-36
Prudential Directions to Virgins. ( a. d. 57.) 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall… Read the whole commentary →