1 Corinthians 7:26

I think, then, that this is good for the present affliction―that it is good for a man to be as he is.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

In Context

25But with respect to virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that is enabled, by the mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.

27Are you bound to a wife? Seek not a separation. Are you loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:19But alas for those who are with child, and those who give suck in those days!

Luke 23:28But Jesus turned, and said to them, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It would be good for them, if they remain as I myself.

1 Corinthians 7:35I speak this for your own profit; not that I would entangle you, but that you may decorously and devotedly wait upon the Lord, without distraction.

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 →

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