1 Corinthians 7:34 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →As with men, the unmarried woman can give herself wholly to the Lord, while the married woman rightly attends to her husband.
What Does 1 Corinthians 7:34 Mean?
Paul extends the same observation to women, with full parallel to the men. The unmarried woman may devote herself to the Lord's concerns, given to holiness in body and spirit. The married woman, rightly, gives care to her husband and the affairs of the home.
Once more Paul honors both callings without ranking them as righteous and unrighteous. The single woman's undivided devotion is a genuine gift; the married woman's care for her husband is genuine love. Holiness "in body and in spirit" belongs to a life wholly available to God. Paul simply lays the two ways of life side by side, that each reader might walk her own with thanksgiving.
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What does 1 Corinthians 7:34 mean?
As with men, the unmarried woman can give herself wholly to the Lord, while the married woman rightly attends to her husband.