1 Corinthians 7:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I think then, because of the impending distress [that is even now setting in], it is well (expedient, profitable, and wholesome) for a person to remain as he or she is. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible So I think this advice is good because of the present crisis: Stay as you are. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be. |
Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
Now in response to the matters you wrote about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
However, if you do get married, you have not sinned, and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am.
not to be easily upset or troubled, either by a prophecy , or by a message or by a letter supposedly from us, alleging that the day of the Lord , has come.
For the time has come for judgement to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?