1 Corinthians 7:34 — text, Greek, lexicon

1 Corinthians 7:341Cor.7.34

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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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il y a de même une différence entre la femme et la vierge: celle qui n'est pas mariée s'inquiète des choses du Seigneur, afin d'être sainte de corps et d'esprit; et celle qui est mariée s'inquiète des choses du monde, des moyens de plaire à son mari.

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1 Corinthians 7:25–3511 verses

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Fulgentius of Ruspe
On Faith
ne to be without a spouse to think more freely and fully about the things of God, how to please God (1 Corinthians 7:34); but for those who have not vowed chastity, there is no sin if a woman marries or a man takes a wife. Not only are first marriages instituted by God, but also…
Fulgentius of Ruspe
On Faith
ne to be without a spouse to think more freely and fully about the things of God, how to please God (1 Corinthians 7:34); but for those who have not vowed chastity, there is no sin if a woman marries or a man takes a wife. Not only are first marriages instituted by God, but a…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
why the solemn vow thereof cannot be a matter of dispensation; especially seeing that the Apostle ( 1 Cor. 7:34 ) exhorts us to be continent on account of contemplation, when he says that the unmarried woman . . . "thinketh on the things of God [Vulg.: 'the Lord']," and since the…

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