1 Corinthians 7:32

and I would have you free from anxious cares. He that is unmarried careth about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

Noyes Bible

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 they that use this world as not abusing it; for the outward condition of this world is passing away;

33but he that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please his wife.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:22“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to fall!”

Matthew 13:22And what was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word, but the cares 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 left alone, hath set her hope 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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