1 Corinthians 7:27-29

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

²⁷Have you been bound^[a] to a woman? Do not be seeking a release^[b]. Have you been released^[c] from a woman? Do not be seeking a wife. ²⁸But even if you marry, you did not sin. And if the virgin marries, she did not sin. But such ones will have affliction in the flesh, and I am sparing^[d] you.

We All Must Keep Our Earthly Life In Eternal Perspective

²⁹And this I say, brothers— the time^[e] is shortened, so that henceforth even the ones having wives should be as-though not having,

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 7:27 That is, promised, betrothed, in an arrangement usually made between the parents, according to their custom; or, bound (in marriage) to a wife.
1 Corinthians 7:27 Or, unbinding, untying. That is, a release from your pledge, your commitment to marry; or, a release from your marriage, a divorce.
1 Corinthians 7:27 Or, unbound, untied. That is, released from your commitment to marry; or, released from your wife; unbound from your marriage by any circumstance.
1 Corinthians 7:28 That is, trying to spare you from the problems that will result due to the ‘present necessity’.
1 Corinthians 7:29 That is, the time remaining to serve Christ before you die or He comes is in a state of shortness.

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