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:
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Or, je voudrais que vous fussiez sans inquiétude. Celui qui n'est pas marié s'inquiète des choses du Seigneur, des moyens de plaire au Seigneur;
KJV
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:
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
his wife, his children, and his temporalities which serve for their upkeep. Hence the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 7:32,33 ): "He that is without a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God: but he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things o…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
he perfection of charity: secondly, as quieting the human mind from outward solicitude, according to 1 Cor. 7:32 : "I would have you to be without solicitude": thirdly, as a holocaust whereby a man offers himself and his possessions wholly to God; and in corresponding manner the…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
hould be without worldly solicitude; wherefore the Apostle in giving the counsel of virginity said ( 1 Cor. 7:32 ): "I would have you to be without solicitude." Now it belongs to the solicitude of the present life that certain people keep something to themselves for the morrow; a…
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