32 And I would have you without care. The unmarried careth for things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

33 But he that is married, [a]careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

34 There is difference also between a virgin and a wife: the unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in [b]spirit: but she that is married, careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:33 They that are married, have their wits drawn hither and thither, and therefore if any man have the gift of continency, it is more commodious for him to live alone: but they that are married may care for the things of the Lord also, Clement, Strom. 3.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:34 Mind.

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