1 Corinthians 7:33
but he who is married is anxious about the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 14:20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your own wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Thessalonians 4:11and that you make it your study to live peaceably, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we have enjoined you;
1 Peter 3:7Ye husbands, in like manner dwell with them discreetly, putting respect on the dear woman as being the weaker vessel, and as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may meet no interruption.
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 →