1 Corinthians 7:26
I think therefore that this is good by reason of the present distress, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Cross References
Matthew 24:19But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
Luke 23:28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Corinthians 7:35And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon 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 →