Bible verse
Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
1 Corinthians 7:26 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 7.
22 For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
24 Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
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 it is good for a man to remain as he is.
27 Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? 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 troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29 What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
30 those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
KJV
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be.
ASV
I 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.
ERV
I 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.
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