1 CORINTHIANS 7:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs—how he can please the Lord. — The unmarried (agamos) man possesses the advantage of undivided focus: his meleté (concern, care, solicitude) is directed toward areskeia kyriō (pleasing the Lord). The noun areskeia suggests a vocation of service, not merely avoidance of sin. Paul identifies singleness not as withdrawal but as active devotion to kingdom purposes.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 7:32
“Are you bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.” These words carry no contradiction to what had been said before but rather the most entire agreement with them. For he says in that place also, “Except it be by consent:” as here he says, “Are you bound unto a wife? Seek not separation.” This is no contradiction. For its being against consent makes a dissolution: but if with consent both live continently, it is no…
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