1 Corinthians 7:32
But I would have you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
31and those who use this world, as not abusing it; for the outward show of this world passes away.
33but he that is married, is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
Cross References
Matthew 13:22He that received seed among the thorns, is he that hears the word; and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
1 Timothy 5:5But she that is a widow indeed, and left alone, trusts in God, and continues in supplications 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 →