31 And they that use this [a]world, as though they used it not: for the [b]fashion of this world goeth away.

32 And I would have you without care. The unmarried careth for things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

33 But he that is married, [c]careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:31 Those things which God giveth us here.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:31 The guise, the shape, and fashion: whereby he showeth us, that there is nothing in this world that continueth.
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:33 They that are married, have their wits drawn hither and thither, and therefore if any man have the gift of continency, it is more commodious for him to live alone: but they that are married may care for the things of the Lord also, Clement, Strom. 3.

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