1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless, those who marry shall have trouble in this life: and I seek to spare you.

Revised King James New Testament

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

27Are you bound to a wife? do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? do not seek a wife.

29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: from now on let those who have wives be as though they had none;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:26I think then, in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

2 Corinthians 1:23I call God as a witness upon my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

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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