27Are you married? Do not seek a divorce. Are you unmarried? Do not look for a wife.


In Context

24 Brothers, each man, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation God called him to.

25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to remain as you are.

27 Are you married? Do not seek a divorce. Are you unmarried? Do not look for a wife.

28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

29 What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

1st Corinthians 7:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Art thou bound to a wife ? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Are you bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.