King James Version with Apocrypha
"I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be."
— 1 Corinthians 7:26, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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.”
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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.
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;