1 Corinthians 7:26
World English Bible (WEB)
Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
In context
24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
26 Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
28 But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
1 Corinthians 7:26 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
- KJV King James Version
- I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
- ASV American Standard Version
- I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus: —
- DBY Darby Translation
- I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so as he is.
- WBS Webster Bible
- I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say , that it is good for a man so to be.