1 Corinthians 7:28

If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

In Context

27If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

29But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:26In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

2 Corinthians 1:23But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

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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