Verse 28

1 Corinthians 7:28

American Standard Version

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28 But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

Original Language Text

greek

ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ⸀γαμήσῃς, οὐχ ἥμαρτες. καὶ ἐὰν γήμῃ ἡ παρθένος, οὐχ ἥμαρτεν. θλῖψιν δὲ τῇ σαρκὶ ἕξουσιν οἱ τοιοῦτοι, ἐγὼ δὲ ὑμῶν φείδομαι.

English Translation

But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such will have trouble in the flesh, and I spare you.

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Chapter 7 Context

1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Focus ↗

2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husban... Focus ↗

3 Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. Focus ↗

4 The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not p... Focus ↗

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto... Focus ↗

6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment. Focus ↗

7 Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Focus ↗

9 But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. Focus ↗

10 But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her hus... Focus ↗

11 (but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that th... Focus ↗

12 But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to... Focus ↗

13 And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not lea... Focus ↗

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the... Focus ↗

15 Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in... Focus ↗

16 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, w... Focus ↗

17 Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God (Elohim) hath called each, so let him walk. A... Focus ↗

18 Was any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in unci... Focus ↗

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God (... Focus ↗

20 Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called. Focus ↗

21 Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use [it]... Focus ↗

22 For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord`s freedman: likewise he that was... Focus ↗

23 Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men. Focus ↗

24 Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God (Elohim). Focus ↗

25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath o... Focus ↗

26 I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely,] that it is... Focus ↗

27 Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. Focus ↗

28 But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such...

29 But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be a... Focus ↗

30 and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; a... Focus ↗

31 and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth awa... Focus ↗

32 But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lo... Focus ↗

33 but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife, Focus ↗

34 and is divided. [So] also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of th... Focus ↗

35 And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seem... Focus ↗

36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be pa... Focus ↗

37 But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his o... Focus ↗

38 So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her... Focus ↗

39 A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to b... Focus ↗

40 But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spiri... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: Chapter 7 (40 verses)
Version: American Standard Version

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