1 CORINTHIANS 7:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.”
But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this. — The parenthetical 'you have not sinned' (ouch hēmartes) reassures against the impression that marriage is forbidden. However, Paul warns that marriage brings thlipsis tē sarki (affliction in the flesh)—the practical burdens of family life, especially in persecution. This is not moral condemnation but realistic description of added complexity during eschatological urgency.
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