1 Corinthians 7:26

In 9 translations

BSB

Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.Or impending

KJV

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

WEB

Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.

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.

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

I 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.

DRC

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

GNV

I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT

νομίζω οὖν τοῦτο καλὸν ὑπάρχειν διὰ τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἀνάγκην, ὅτι καλὸν ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ οὕτως εἶναι.

RP2018

Νομίζω οὖν τοῦτο καλὸν ὑπάρχειν διὰ τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἀνάγκην, ὅτι καλὸν ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ οὕτως εἶναι.

TR-Boyd

Νομίζω οὖν τοῦτο καλὸν ὑπάρχειν διὰ τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἀνάγκην, ὅτι καλὸν ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ οὕτως εἶναι.

SCR1894

νομιζω ουν τουτο καλον υπαρχειν δια την ενεστωσαν αναγκην οτι καλον ανθρωπω το ουτως ειναι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Corinthians 7:1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
• 1 Corinthians 7:8Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
• 1 Peter 4:17For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
• Luke 23:28–29But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs…
• 1 Corinthians 7:28But 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.
• 1 Corinthians 7:35–38I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord. However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if…
• Luke 21:23How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
• Jeremiah 16:2–4“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.” For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in…
• Matthew 24:19How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

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