1 Corinthians 7:26
Therefore, I think that because of the disaster that is coming, it is good for a man to remain as he is.
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27Are you married to a wife? Do not seek a divorce. If you are unmarried, do not seek a wife.
Cross References
Matthew 24:19But woe to those who are with child and to those who are nursing infants in those days!
Luke 23:28But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
1 Corinthians 7:8To the unmarried and to widows I say that it is good for them if they remain unmarried, as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:35I say this for your own benefit, and not to put any constraint on you. I say this for what is right, so that you may be devoted to the Lord without any 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 →