1 Corinthians 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.
KJV
καὶ μεμέρισται. καὶ ἡ γυνὴ καὶ ἡ παρθένος ἡ ἄγαμος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου, ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ τῷ σώματι καὶ τῷ πνεύματι· ἡ δὲ γαμήσασα μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κόσμου, πῶς ἀρέσῃ τῷ ἀνδρί.
Greek NT
Et mulier innupta, et virgo, cogitat quæ Domini sunt, ut sit sancta corpore, et spiritu. Quæ autem nupta est, cogitat quæ sunt mundi, quomodo placeat viro.
Vulgate
and is divided. So also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
ASV
And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord: that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world: how she may please her husband.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
6 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἡ ἄγαμος — SBLGNT
- ἡ ἄγαμος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- παρθένος — SBLGNT
- παρθένος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + Ἡ ἄγαμος — Robinson-Pierpont
- τῷ — SBLGNT
- τῷ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τῷ — SBLGNT
- τῷ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀρέσῃ — SBLGNT
- ἀρέσῃ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀρέσει — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:20 — For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
- 1Cor 7:8 — I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
- 1Cor 10:31 — Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
- Luke 2:36 — And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
- Luke 10:40 — But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
- Phil 1:20 — According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or
- Rom 12:1 — I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
- Song 4:12 — A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.