1 Corinthians 7:32

1 Corinthians chapter 7 · verse 32 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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:

Context

v.31and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

v.32This passage

v.33but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 13:22

    And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

  • Psalms 55:22

    Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

  • Matthew 6:25

    Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?

  • Philippians 4:6

    In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

  • 1 Timothy 5:5

    Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.