1 Corinthians 7:26 Cross References - MNT

²⁶ I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is.

¹⁹ Alas for thee women who are with child, and for the nursing mothers in those days!

²³ "Woe to women with child and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For sore anguish will come upon the land, and wrath upon all his people.

²⁸ But Jesus turned and said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; ²⁹ "but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have never bore children, and the breasts that never suckled.'

¹ Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,

⁸ But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.

²⁸ Yet if you do not marry, you have not done wrong; and if a girl marries, she has not done wrong. Such people, however, will have trouble in worldly affairs, and I wish to spare you.

³⁵ It is in your own interest that I say this; not that I may entangle you in a snare, but that I may help you to serve the Lord with fitting and undistracted service. ³⁶ If, however, a father feels that he is not treating his virgin daughter in a seemly manner, in leaving her unmarried beyond the flower of her age, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin. Let the marriage take place. ³⁷ On the other hand, he who is firm in his purpose and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has determined to keep his daughter unmarried, does well. ³⁸ So he that gives his daughter in marriage is doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing better.

¹⁷ It is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it first begin with us, what shall be the end of those who are disobedient to the gospel?