1 Corinthians 7:26

I think, then, that it is well, on account of the impending distress, for a man to remain as he is.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

In Context

25Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

27Art thou bound to a wife, seek not to be loosed from her; art thou loosed from a wife, do not seek for one.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:19And woe to the women with child, and to those with children at the breast, in those days!

Luke 23:28But Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me; but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

1 Corinthians 7:8I say also to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them to remain as I am;

1 Corinthians 7:35And this I say for your own profit; not to cast a noose over you, but with a view to what is becoming, and that ye may attend upon 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 →

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