1 Corinthians 7:27
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.In other versions
Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.
ASV
If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.
BBE
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.
DBY
Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.
WEB
Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
YLT
Are you bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
ENG
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
WBT
Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
BSB
In context
25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;