World English Bible
"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."
— 1 Corinthians 7:26, World English Bible
“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. ”
“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 were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men.
Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
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.
Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.
But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;