The Unmarried and the Widowed
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Now concerninga the betrothed,b1I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as 2one who by the Lord's mercy is 3trustworthy.
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Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
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But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed womand marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.
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This is what I mean, brothers: 5the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
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and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy 6as though they had no goods,
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and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For 7the present form of this world is passing away.
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I want you to be 8free from anxieties. 9The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
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But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,
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and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.
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I say this for your own benefit, 10not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
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If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed,e if hisf passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry--it is no sin.
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But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.
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So then he who marries his betrothed 11does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
1 Coríntios 7:25
Ora, quanto �s virgens, não tenho mandamento do Senhor; dou, porém, o meu parecer, como quem tem alcançado misericórdia do Senhor para ser fiel.
King James Version KJV
New King James Version NKJV
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy.
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
1 Coríntios 7:25
Quanto às pessoas virgens, não tenho mandamento do Senhor, mas dou meu parecer como alguém que, pela misericórdia de Deus, é digno de confiança.
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