KJV King James Version
But 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:
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1 Corinthians 7:32
But 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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
WEB World English Bible
But 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;
ASV American Standard Version
But 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:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 7
29 But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing [it]: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
32 But 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:
33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife.
34 There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
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θέλωG2309 · thelōto will/desireδὲG1161 · dethenὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouἀμερίμνουςG275 · amerimnosuntroubledεἶναι.G1511 · einaito existὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄγαμοςG22 · agamosunmarriedμεριμνᾷG3309 · merimnaōto worryτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoκυρίου,G2962 · kurioslord: GodπῶςG4459 · pōshow?!ἀρέσῃG700 · areskōto pleaseτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoκυρίῳ·G2962 · kurioslord: God
Cross-references
Matthew 6:25-34Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?1 Timothy 5:5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.Philippians 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.Psalm 55:22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.Matthew 13:22He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
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