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1 Corinthians 7:26-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Corinthians 7:26-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 So this is what I think best because of the present distress: that it is a good thing for a person to remain as he is.(A) 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a separation. Are you free of a wife? Then do not look for a wife. 28 If you marry, however, you do not sin, nor does an unmarried woman sin if she marries; but such people will experience affliction in their earthly life, and I would like to spare you that.
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1 Corinthians 7:26-28
New International Version
1 Corinthians 7:26-28
New International Version
26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.(A) 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.(B) 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;(C) 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 7:26-28
King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:26-28
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.
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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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1 Corinthians 7:26-28
English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 7:26-28
English Standard Version
26 I think that in view of the present[a] distress (A)it is good 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 a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman[b] marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:26 Or impending
- 1 Corinthians 7:28 Greek virgin; also verse 34
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