World English Bible
"Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife."
— 1 Corinthians 7:27, World English Bible
“Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.”
“Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. ”
“The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.”
“Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.”
“If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.”
“Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.”
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;
and those who weep, as though they didn't weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn't possess;