1 Corinthians 7:27
World English Bible (WEB)
Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
In context
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.
29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
1 Corinthians 7:27 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.