1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

Berean Standard Bible

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

27Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:26Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.

2 Corinthians 1:23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

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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