1 Corinthians 7:32 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³² I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² 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

³² 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)

³² 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

³² 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

³² 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

³² 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 your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Matthew 13:22

As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing.

Mark 4:19

but the cares of the age and the lure of wealth and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing.

John 10:13

The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep.

1 Corinthians 7:33

but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife,

Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

1 Timothy 5:5

The real widow, left alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,