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The Unmarried and Widowed

1 Corinthians 7:27

In 9 translations

BSB
Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
KJV
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
WEB
Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
ASV
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
LSV
Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed; have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
YLT
Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
DBY
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.
DRC
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
GNV
Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? seeke not a wife.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
δέδεσαι γυναικί; μὴ ζήτει λύσιν· λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός; μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα·
RP2018
Δέδεσαι γυναικί; Μὴ ζήτει λύσιν. Λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός; Μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα.
TR-Boyd
Δέδεσαι γυναικί; Μὴ ζήτει λύσιν. Λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός; Μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα.
SCR1894
δεδεσαι γυναικι μη ζητει λυσιν λελυσαι απο γυναικος μη ζητει γυναικα

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 7:12–14To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her,…
  • 1 Corinthians 7:20Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

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