Catholic Public Domain Version
"Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am. "
— 1 Corinthians 7:26, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.”
“I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is. ”
“I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.”
“Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.”
“I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity: that it is good for a man so to be.”
“In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.”
“I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.”
You have been bought with a price. Do not be willing to become the servants of men.
Brothers, let each one, in whatever state he was called, remain in that state with God.
Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.
Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.
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.
And so, this is what I say, brothers: The time is short. What remains of it is such that: those who have wives should be as if they had none;