The Warning From St. Paul
1 Corinthians, Chapter 7
Darby's Version
Chapter 7
26 I think then that this is good, on account of the
present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so as
he is.
27 Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free
from a wife? do not seek a wife. 28 But if thou shouldest also marry,
thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned:
but
such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened.
For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]: 30
and
they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not
rejoicing;
and they that buy, as not possessing; 31 and they that use the world,
as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world
passes.
32 But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the
things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; 33 but he that has
married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his
wife.
34 There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The
unmarried
cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and
spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how
she shall please her husband.
35 But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare
before you, but for what [is] seemly, and waiting on the Lord without
distraction.
King James Version
Chapter 7
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
have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth,
that both they that have wives be as though they had none; 30 And
they
that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though
they
rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; 31 And
they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this
world
passeth away.
32 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: 33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the
world,
how he may please his wife.
34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The
unmarried
woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in
body
and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the
world,
how she may please her husband.
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a
snare
upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the
Lord without distraction.
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