1 Corinthians
King James Version (KJV)
1 Corinthians 7:26
“I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.”
King James Version (KJV)
1 Corinthians 7:26 Context
23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. 25Now 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. 26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 28But 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. 29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
"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 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for 1 Corinthians 7:26
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say , that it is good for a man so to be.
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Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:26
7:26-27 This is good for the present distress - While any church is under persecution. For a man to continue as he is - Whether married or unmarried. St. Paul does not here urge the present distress as a reason for celibacy, any more than for marriage; but for a man's not seeking to alter his state, whatever it be, but making the best of it.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:26
1Co 7:26 I suppose . . . for the present distress. The critical condition in which Christians were placed by the spirit of persecution which then prevailed. [It is] good for a man so to be. To remain in the state he already is.
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distresse, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
I think then that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.
- Basic English Bible
Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so as he is.
- Darby Bible
I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
I think therefore that this is good by reason of the present distress, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
- English Revised Version
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.
- World English Bible