1 Corinthians 7:27 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Common English Bible

If you are married, don’t get a divorce. If you are divorced, don’t try to find a spouse.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

1 Corinthians 7:27 Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:20

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

1 Corinthians 7:26

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

1 Corinthians 7:28

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.