1 Corinthians 7:21-28

New King James Version

²¹ Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it. ²² For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is ^(A)the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is ^(B)Christ’s slave. ^23 (C)You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. ²⁴ Brethren, let each one remain with ^(D)God in that state in which he was called.

To the Unmarried and Widows

²⁵ Now concerning virgins: ^(E)I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one ^(F)whom the Lord in His mercy has made ^(G)trustworthy. ²⁶ I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress—^(H)that it is good for a man to remain as he is: ²⁷ Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife. ²⁸ But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you.