1 Corinthians 7:33
but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.
Montgomery 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 14:20"‘I have taken a wife,’ said the another, ‘and for that reason I am unable to come.’
Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,
1 Thessalonians 4:11Also, that you endeavor to live quietly and to mind your own business, and to work with your hands (as I charged you).
1 Peter 3:7In the same way you husbands live with your wives, according to knowledge, honoring your wife as of the weaker sex, yet as an heir with yourself of the grace of life; so that your prayers may 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 →