1 Corinthians 7:26
I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? seeke not a wife.
Cross References
Matthew 24:19And woe shalbe to them that are with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.
Luke 23:28But Iesus turned backe vnto them, and said, Daughters of Hierusalem, weepe not for me, but weepe for your selues, and for your children.
1 Corinthians 7:8Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.
1 Corinthians 7:35And this I speake for your owne commoditie, not to tangle you in a snare, but that yee follow that, which is honest, and that yee may cleaue fast vnto the Lord without separation.
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 →