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27 Have you become committed[a] to a wife? Stop trying to get released from your commitment.[b] Have you been freed from your commitment to[c] a wife? Stop looking for one.[d] 28 But if you do get married, you have not sinned. And if a virgin gets married, she has not sinned. However, these people will experience trouble in this life,[e] and I want to spare you from that.

29 This is what I mean, brothers: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:27 Lit. you been bound
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:27 The Gk. lacks from your commitment
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:27 The Gk. lacks from your commitment
  4. 1 Corinthians 7:27 Lit. for a wife
  5. 1 Corinthians 7:28 Lit. flesh