1 Corinthians 7:27
Good News Translation
Do you have a wife? Then don't try to get rid of her. Are you unmarried? Then don't look for a wife.

Contemporary English Version
If you are married, stay married. If you are not married, don't try to get married.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

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Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

thou bound.

1 Corinthians 7:12-14,20 For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not and she consent to dwell with him: let him not put her away. . . .

Context
The Unmarried and Widowed
26I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity: that it is good for a man so to be. 27Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. 28But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:26
I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity: that it is good for a man so to be.

1 Corinthians 7:28
But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you.

Additional Translations
Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Are you bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.

Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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