1 Corinthians 7:26

I think then that this is becoming, considering our present straits, that it is proper for a man to be thus.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

In Context

25Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I offer my opinion, as having obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

27Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Read all of 1 Corinthians 7

Cross References

Matthew 24:19But wo to those who are with child, and have an infant at their breasts in those days!

Luke 23:28But Jesus turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves, and for your children.

1 Corinthians 7:8I say then to the unmarried and the widows, that it is becoming them if they abide as I am.

1 Corinthians 7:35Now I say this for your own advantage, and not that I should lay a snare in your way, but as what is seemly, and that you may wait on the Lord without distraction.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 1 Corinthians 7:26