1 Corinthians 7:26
I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so as he is.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
27Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.
Cross References
Matthew 24:19But woe to those that are with child, and those that give suck in those days.
Luke 23:28And Jesus turning round to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me, but weep over yourselves and over your children;
1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.
1 Corinthians 7:35But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what [is] seemly, and waiting on 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 →