1 Corinthians 7:32

I wolde have you without care: the single man careth for the thinges of the lorde how he maye please the lorde.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

In Context

31and they that vse this worlde be as though they vsed it not. For the fassion of this worlde goeth awaye.

33But he that hath maried careth for the thinges of the worlde howe he maye please his wyfe.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:22He that was sowne amonge thornes is he that heareth the worde of God: but the care of this worlde and the dissaytfulnes of ryches choke the worde and so is he made vnfrutfull.

1 Timothy 5:5She that is a very wyddowe and frendlesse putteth her trust in god and continueth in supplicacion and prayer nyght and daye.

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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