1 Corinthians 7:32 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

My desire is to have you free from all anxiety and distressing care. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord–how he may please the Lord;

American Standard Version (1901)

But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

Common English Bible

I want you to be free from concerns. A man who isn’t married is concerned about the Lord’s concerns—how he can please the Lord.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But I would prefer you to be without worry. Whoever is without a wife is worried about the things of the Lord, as to how he may please God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God.

1 Corinthians 7:32 Cross References

Psalm 55:22

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, And he shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Matthew 13:22

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Mark 4:19

and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

John 10:13

he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

1 Corinthians 7:33

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

Philippians 4:6

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

1 Timothy 5:5

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.