1 Corinthians 7:27

Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed; have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

In Context

26I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus:

28But, and if you may marry, you did not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such will have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:12And to the rest I speak—not the LORD—if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is pleased to dwell with him, do not let him send her away;

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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