1 Corinthians 7:33

and he who hath a wife is anxious for the world, that so he may please his wife.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

In Context

32Wherefore I would that you be without anxiety; for he who hath not a wife thinketh of the things of his Lord, that so he may please his Lord;

34But there is a distinction between the wife and the virgin. She who hath no man is thoughtful of the things of her Lord, that she may be holy in her body and in her spirit; and she who hath a husband is thoughtful of the world, that so she may please her husband.

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Cross References

Luke 14:20Another said, A wife have I taken, and therefore I cannot come.

Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, as also the Meshiha loved his church, and gave himself for her,

1 Thessalonians 4:11And study to be quiet and be occupied with your own employments, and work with your hands, as we have admonished you;

1 Peter 3:7AND you, men, dwell likewise with your wives with knowledge, and as feeble vessels in honour hold them; for they also with you inherit the gift of the life of eternity; that you be not hindered in your prayers.

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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