1 Corinthians 7:27
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.Select 1 Corinthians 7:25
26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.Select 1 Corinthians 7:26
27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.Select 1 Corinthians 7:27
28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.Select 1 Corinthians 7:28
29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;Select 1 Corinthians 7:29
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WEB
7:27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
ASV
7:27 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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