1 Corinthians 7:27
“Art thou bound vnto a wife? seeke not to bee loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seeke not a wife.”
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1 Corinthians 7:27 Context
25Nowe concerning virgins, I haue no commaundement of the Lord: yet I giue my iudgement as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithfull. 26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distresse, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27Art thou bound vnto a wife? seeke not to bee loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seeke not a wife. 28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned, and if a virgin marry, shee hath not sinned: neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. 29But this I say, brethren, the time is short. It remaineth, that both they that haue wiues, be as though they had none:
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 7:27
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
- King James Version
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.
- American Standard Version (1901)
If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.
- Basic English Bible
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.
- Darby Bible
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
- Webster's Bible
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.
- Weymouth Bible
Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.
- World English Bible
Thou art boundun to a wijf, nyle thou seke vnbyndyng; thou art vnboundun fro a wijf, nyle thou seke a wijf.
- Wycliffe Bible
Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:27
1Co 7:27 Art thou bound? . . . Art thou loosed? If married, he is to remain true to the bond; if unmarried, at present it seemed best to remain so.