1 Corinthians 7:28
New International Version
28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;(A) and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
1 Corinthians 7:28
King James Version
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.
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Hebrews 13:4
New International Version
4 Marriage should be honored by all,(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(B)
Hebrews 13:4
King James Version
4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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2 Corinthians 1:23
New International Version
23 I call God as my witness(A)—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you(B) that I did not return to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 1:23
King James Version
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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1 Corinthians 7:32-36
New International Version
32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs(A)—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.(B) But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided(C) devotion to the Lord.
36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong[a] and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning.(D) They should get married.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 7:36 Or if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage
1 Corinthians 7:32-36
King James Version
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.
36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
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1 Corinthians 7:26
New International Version
26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.(A)
1 Corinthians 7:26
King James Version
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
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