1 Corinthians 7:33 — Meaning and Application

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“But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please {his} wife.”

1 Corinthians 7:33

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

And they that use this world, as not abusing {it}: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

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: {that belong...: Gr. of the Lord}

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please {his} wife.

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

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

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1 Corinthians 7:1

"Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: {It is} good for a man not to touch a woman."

1 Corinthians 7:2

"Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband."

1 Corinthians 7:3

"Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband."

1 Corinthians 7:4

"The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife."

1 Corinthians 7:5

"Defraud ye not one the other, except {it be} with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency."

1 Corinthians 7:6

"But I speak this by permission, {and} not of commandment."

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