The Unmarried and Widowed
1 Corinthians 7:32
In 9 translations
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- 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
- 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:
- LSV
- And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the LORD, how he will please the LORD;
- YLT
- And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
- DBY
- But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
- DRC
- But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God.
- GNV
- And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may please the Lord.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀρέσῃ (“he may please”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀρέσει (“he will please”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἀρέσῃ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀρέσῃ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀρέσει.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀμερίμνους εἶναι. ὁ ἄγαμος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου, πῶς ἀρέσῃ τῷ κυρίῳ·
- RP2018
- Θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀμερίμνους εἶναι. Ὁ ἄγαμος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου, πῶς ἀρέσει τῷ κυρίῳ·
- TR-Boyd
- Θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀμερίμνους εἶναι. Ὁ ἄγαμος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, πῶς ἀρέσει τῷ Κυρίῳ·
- SCR1894
- θελω δε υμας αμεριμνους ειναι ο αγαμος μεριμνα τα του κυριου πως αρεσει τω κυριω
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 6:25–34Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air: They do…
- 1 Timothy 5:5The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
- Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Psalms 55:22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Matthew 13:22The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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