1 Corinthians 7:33
New International Version
But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife—

New Living Translation
But a married man has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife.

English Standard Version
But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,

Berean Standard Bible
But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,

Berean Literal Bible
but the one having been married cares for the things of the world, how he should please the wife,

King James Bible
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

New King James Version
But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife.

New American Standard Bible
but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

NASB 1995
but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

NASB 1977
but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

Legacy Standard Bible
But one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

Amplified Bible
but the married man is concerned about worldly things, how he may please his wife,

Christian Standard Bible
But the married man is concerned about the things of the world—how he may please his wife—

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But a married man is concerned about the things of the world—how he may please his wife—

American Standard Version
but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Whoever has a wife cares for what is of the world, how he may please his wife.

Contemporary English Version
But a married man has more worries. He must worry about the things of this world, because he wants to please his wife.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided.

English Revised Version
but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But the married man is concerned about earthly things, [that is,] about how he can please his wife.

Good News Translation
But a married man concerns himself with worldly matters, because he wants to please his wife;

International Standard Version
But a married man is concerned about things of this world, that is, about how he can please his wife,

Literal Standard Version
and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he will please the wife.

Majority Standard Bible
But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,

New American Bible
But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

NET Bible
But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

New Revised Standard Version
but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife,

New Heart English Bible
but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

Webster's Bible Translation
But he that is married, is anxious for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

Weymouth New Testament
but a married man concerns himself with the business of the world--how he shall please his wife.

World English Bible
but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

Young's Literal Translation
and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

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Context
The Unmarried and Widowed
32I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. 33But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife, 34and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.…

Cross References
Luke 14:20
Still another said, 'I have married a wife, so I cannot come.'

John 10:13
The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.

1 Corinthians 7:32
I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:34
and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.


Treasury of Scripture

But he that is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

careth.

Nehemiah 5:1-5
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews…

Luke 12:22
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

1 Thessalonians 4:11,12
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; …

how.

1 Corinthians 7:3
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

1 Samuel 1:4-8
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: …

Ephesians 5:25-33
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; …

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1 Corinthians 7
1. He discusses marriage;
4. showing it to be a remedy against sinful desires,
10. and that the bond thereof ought not lightly to be dissolved.
20. Every man must be content with his vocation.
25. Virginity wherefore to be embraced;
35. and for what respects we may either marry, or abstain from marrying.














Verse 33. - Careth for the things that are of the world. St. Paul's language must not be extravagantly pressed. It only applies absolutely to times in which the conditions are the same as they then were. The "anxious cares" which marriage involves may be more innocent and less distracting than those which attack the celibate condition; and when that is the case, marriage, on St. Paul's own principle, becomes a duty. Thus some of the best and greatest of our missionaries have found their usefulness as God's messengers vastly increased by marriage, in spite of the awful trials which marriage often involves. The apostles and brethren of the Lord felt the same. St. Paul's opinions here are, as he tells us, opinions only, and admit of many modifications. Advice given to men and women when Christians believed that the Lord was coming, perhaps in that very age, to judge the world, is not universally applicable to all ages. In St. Paul's later Epistles he does not revert to this advice, but assumes that marriage is the normal condition.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

married man
γαμήσας (gamēsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1060: To marry, used of either sex. From gamos; to wed.

is concerned about
μεριμνᾷ (merimna)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3309: To be over-anxious; with acc: To be anxious about, distracted; I care for. From merimna; to be anxious about.

the [affairs]
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

of this
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

world,
κόσμου (kosmou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).

how
πῶς (pōs)
Adverb
Strong's 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!

he can please
ἀρέσῃ (aresē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 700: To please, with the idea of willing service rendered to others; hence almost: I serve. Probably from airo; to be agreeable.

[his]
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

wife,
γυναικί (gynaiki)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.


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