26I 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.


In Context

23 You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men.

24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

25 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.

26 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.

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

28 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.

1 Corinthians 7:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say,] that [it is] good for a man so to be.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:26Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to remain as you are.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:26I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:26I 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:26I 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:26I 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:26I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that it is good for a man that the matter be thus: —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.