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


In Context

24 Brethren, let every man in the state in which he is called, continue in it with God.

25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that hath obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

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

28 But if thou marry, thou hast not sinned: and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless, such will have trouble in the flesh; but I spare you.

29 But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none;

1 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Are you married? Do not seek a divorce. Are you unmarried? Do not look for 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 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.