1 Corinthians 7:28

American Standard Version

But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

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1 Corinthians 7:28 in other translations

But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

1 Corinthians 7:28 · World English Bible

1 Corinthians 7:28 in context

  1. 26I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
  2. 27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
  3. 28But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.
  4. 29But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
  5. 30and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not;