1 Corinthians 7:34 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
1 Corinthians 7:34 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Corinthians 7:3434 words
καὶkaiand / also
μεμέρισταιmemeristaideal, be difference between, distribute
καὶkaiand / also
ἡhēthe
γυνὴgynēwife, woman
ἡhēthe
ἄγαμοςagamosunmarried
καὶkaiand / also
ἡhēthe
παρθένοςparthenosvirgin
μεριμνᾷmerimna(be, have) care(-ful), take thought
τὰtathe
τοῦtouthe
κυρίουkyriouLord
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
ᾖēam, have been, is I
ἁγίαhagiaholy
καὶkaiand / also
τῷtōthe
σώματιsōmatibody
καὶkaiand / also
τῷtōthe
πνεύματιpneumatiSpirit / spirit
ἡhēthe
δὲdeand / but
γαμήσασαgamēsasamarry (a wife)
μεριμνᾷmerimna(be, have) care(-ful), take thought
τὰtathe
τοῦtouthe
κόσμουkosmouworld
πῶςpōshow, after (by) what manner (means), that
ἀρέσῃaresēplease
τῷtōthe
ἀνδρίandrifellow, husband, man
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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