1 Corinthians 7:28

still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.

Twentieth Century 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 married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.

29What I mean, Brothers, is this — the time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:26I think, then, that, in view of the time of suffering that has now come upon us, what I have already said is best — that a man should remain as he is.

2 Corinthians 1:23But, as my life shall answer for it, I call God to witness that it was to spare you that I deferred my visit 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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