32But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God.


In Context

29 This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none;

30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

31 And they that use this world, as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

32 But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God.

33 But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided.

34 And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:32I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs--how he can please the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:32But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:32But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:32But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:32But I would have you without anxious care. He that is unmarried, is anxious for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:32But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:32And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: