1 Corinthians 7:26

I think then, that it is---better on account of the present distress,---that it is better, I say,

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

In Context

25But concerning single persons I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgement as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

27for a single man to be so. Art thou bound to a wife indeed? seek not to be loosed: but art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:19But wo to them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days.

Luke 23:28Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

1 Corinthians 7:8Now to the unmarried and widows I say, it is good for them to continue so, as I do.

1 Corinthians 7:35And this I say for your own benefit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but in order to recommend that which is fit and becoming before 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 →

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