1 Corinthians 7:32
But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
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In Context
31and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
33but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
Cross References
Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Matthew 13:22What was sown amongst the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
1 Timothy 5:5Now she who is a widow indeed and desolate, has her hope set on God and continues in petitions 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 →