1 Corinthians 7:28

But if thou takest a wife, thou sinnest not: and if a virgine marrie, shee sinneth not: neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

In Context

27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? seeke not a wife.

29And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none:

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.

2 Corinthians 1:23Nowe, I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you, I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.

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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