1 Corinthians 7:27 Meaning and Explanation
“Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Whatever one's present marital state, one need not anxiously seek to change it.
What Does 1 Corinthians 7:27 Mean?
Paul applies his earlier principle of abiding to marriage itself. Bound to a wife? Do not seek release. Free of marriage? Do not go anxiously seeking a spouse. In either case, rest in your present situation.
This is contentment, not prohibition -- as the next verse makes plain, marrying is no sin. Paul simply frees believers from the restless striving to be other than they are. Whether married or single, one can serve the Lord faithfully now. The settled heart does not make a project of changing its circumstances but receives them from God's hand.
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What does 1 Corinthians 7:27 mean?
Whatever one's present marital state, one need not anxiously seek to change it.