1 Corinthians 7:27

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 7:27

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

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KJV

King James Version

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

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WEB

World English Bible

Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Corinthians 7

²⁵ Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

²⁶ Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.

²⁷ Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

²⁸ 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.

²⁹ What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

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