1 Corinthians 7:33
but the one having married cares for the things of the world, in order that he may please his wife.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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
Cross References
Luke 14:20Another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I am not able to come.
Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;
1 Thessalonians 4:11and that you aspire to be quiet, and to prosecute your own employments, and work with your hands, as we proclaimed unto you;
1 Peter 3:7Likewise, ye husbands, dwelling with the wife according to knowledge, as the weaker vessel, extending to them honor, as indeed the equal heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers should not be hindered.
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 →