1 Corinthians 7:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We are now going through hard times, and I think it is best for you to stay as you are.

Cross References

Matthew 24:19

It will be a terrible time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children.

Luke 21:23

It will be an awful time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children! Everywhere in the land people will suffer horribly and be punished.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now I will answer the questions that you asked in your letter. You asked, “Is it best for people not to marry?”

1 Corinthians 7:27

If you are married, stay married. If you are not married, don't try to get married.

1 Corinthians 7:28

It isn't wrong to marry, even if you have never been married before. But those who marry will have a lot of trouble, and I want to protect you from that.

1 Corinthians 7:8

Here is my advice for people who have never been married and for widows. You should stay single, just as I am.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

not to be easily upset or disturbed by people who claim that the Lord has already come. They may say that they heard this directly from the Holy Spirit, or from someone else, or even that they read it in one of our letters.

1 Peter 4:17

God has already begun judging his own people. And if his judgment begins with us, imagine how terrible it will be for those who refuse to obey his message. The Scriptures say,