1 Corinthians 7:32

But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

In Context

31and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

33but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

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Cross References

Psalms 55:22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Matthew 13:22And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

1 Timothy 5:5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth 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 →

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