But I say to you that every one who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:28 - Revised Standard Version But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a girl marries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if you do marry, you do not sin [in doing so], and if a virgin marries, she does not sin [in doing so]. Yet those who marry will have physical and earthly troubles, and I would like to spare you that. American Standard Version (1901) But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you. Common English Bible But if you do marry, you haven’t sinned; and if someone who hasn’t been married gets married, they haven’t sinned. But married people will have a hard time, and I’m trying to spare you that. Catholic Public Domain Version But if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you. |
But I say to you that every one who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
I think that in view of the present distress it is well for a person to remain as he is.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.
I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; from now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth.
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous.