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The Unmarried and the Widows

25 Now concerning the unmarried,[a] I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 26 I think that in view of the impending[b] distress it is well for a person to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage. 28 But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a girl[c] marries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:25 Greek virgins
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:26 Or present
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:28 Greek virgin

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