1 Corinthians 7:33

but a married man concerns himself with the business of the world--how he shall please his wife.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

In Context

32And I would have you free from worldly anxiety. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's business--how he shall please the Lord;

34There is a difference too between a married and an unmarried woman. She who is unmarried concerns herself with the Lord's business--that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman concerns herself with the business of the world--how she shall please her husband.

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Cross References

Luke 14:20"Another said, "`I am just married. It is impossible for me to come.'

Ephesians 5:25Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

1 Thessalonians 4:11and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do:

1 Peter 3:7Married men, in the same way, live with your wives with a clear recognition of the fact that they are weaker than you. Yet, since you are heirs with them of God's free gift of Life, treat them with honour; so that your prayers may not be hindered.

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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