1 Corinthians 7:27
King James Version (KJV)
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
In context
25 Now 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.
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28 But 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.
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
1 Corinthians 7:27 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
- WEB World English Bible
- Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.