1 Corinthians 7:32
I would have you be without concern. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
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In Context
31And those who use this world, as though not engrossed in it: for the form of this world passes away.
33But he who is married is concerned for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife,
Cross References
Matthew 13:22The seed sown among the thorns is he who hears the word; and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
1 Timothy 5:5Now she who is a widow indeed, and left all alone, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
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 →