1 Corinthians 7:27-29
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
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 marry, you do not sin, and if a virgin marries, she does not sin. Yet those who marry will experience distress in this life,[a] and I would spare you that. 29 I mean, brothers and sisters,[b] the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none,
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- 1 Corinthians 7:28 Gk in the flesh
- 1 Corinthians 7:29 Gk brothers
1 Corinthians 7:27-29
New International Version
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.(A) 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;(B) 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.
29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.(C) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not;
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