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Puzzled about the Wisdom of Marriage?

1 Corinthians 7:25-31

February 11, 2024 • Brian Jones • 1 Corinthians 7:25–31

1 Corinthians 7:25-31


25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 


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


27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. 


28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.


29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 


30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 


31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.