1 Corinthians 7:28
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.
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;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
- ASV
- But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- But if also you shall have married, you did not sin; and if the virgin shall have married, she did not sin. But such will have tribulation in the flesh, and I am sparing you⁺.
- ÅB
- Men om du også gifter deg, synder du ikke, og om jomfruen gifter seg, synder hun ikke; men de som det gjør, vil få trengsel for sitt kjød, jeg derimot vil spare dere.
- OTB
- Men hvis du gifter deg, har du ikke syndet; og hvis en jomfru gifter seg, har hun ikke syndet. Men slike individer vil møte vanskeligheter i dette livet, og jeg ønsker å spare dere for det.
- B1930
- Men om du også gifter dig, synder du ikke, og om jomfruen gifter sig, synder hun ikke; men de som det gjør, vil få trengsel for sitt kjød, jeg derimot vil spare eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:32–36
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:
Read in context1 Corinthians 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.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:23
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
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