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1 Corinthians 7

1 Cor. 7:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
I would have
thelo (Greek #2309)
to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas 1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in
KJV usage: desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly)).
Pronounce: thel'-o
Origin: or ἐθέλω (eth-el'-o), in certain tenses θελέω (thel-eh'-o), and ἐθελέω (eth-el-eh'-o), which are otherwise obsolete apparently strengthened from the alternate form of 138
you
humas (Greek #5209)
you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
KJV usage: ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own).
Pronounce: hoo-mas'
Origin: accusative case of 5210
without carefulness
amerimnos (Greek #275)
not anxious
KJV usage: without care(-fulness), secure.
Pronounce: am-er'-im-nos
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3308
. He
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
that is
einai (Greek #1511)
to exist
KJV usage: am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was.
Pronounce: i'-nahee
Origin: present infinitive from 1510
unmarried
agamos (Greek #22)
unmarried
KJV usage: unmarried.
Pronounce: ag'-am-os
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 1062
r careth for
merimnao (Greek #3309)
to be anxious about
KJV usage: (be, have) care(-ful), take thought.
Pronounce: mer-im-nah'-o
Origin: from 3308
the things
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ρthat belong to the Lord
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
, how
pos (Greek #4459)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
KJV usage: how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: poce
Origin: adverb from the base of 4226
he may please
aresko (Greek #700)
to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)
KJV usage: please.
Pronounce: ar-es'-ko
Origin: probably from 142 (through the idea of exciting emotion)
the Lord
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
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1 Tim. 5:5• 5Now she that is a widow indeed, and left desolate, hath set her hope on God and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. (1 Tim. 5:5)
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of the Lord, as
1 Cor. 7:34• 34Divided also is both the wife and the virgin: the unmarried careth for the things of the Lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit; but she that hath married careth for the things of the world how she shall please her husband. (1 Cor. 7:34)
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I would.
Psa. 55:22•  (Psa. 55:22)
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Matt. 6:25‑34• 25For this reason I say to you, Be not anxious for your life what ye should eat and what ye should drink, nor yet for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body more than the raiment?
 26Look at the birds of the heavens, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father nourisheth them. Are ye not more excellent than they?
 27And which of you by anxiety can add to his stature one cubit?
 28And why are ye anxious about raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they toil not, nor yet spin;
 29yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory put on like one of these.
 30But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, being today and tomorrow cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith?
 31Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or what shall we put on?
 32For all these things the Gentiles seek after; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
 34Be not careful for the morrow for the morrow will be careful about itself: sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. (Matt. 6:25‑34)
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Matt. 13:22• 22{i}And he that is sown among the thorns — this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.{/i} (Matt. 13:22)
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Phil. 4:6• 6Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (Phil. 4:6)
He that.
1 Tim. 5:5• 5Now she that is a widow indeed, and left desolate, hath set her hope on God and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. (1 Tim. 5:5)
that belong to the Lord.
Gr. of the Lord, as.
1 Cor. 7:34• 34Divided also is both the wife and the virgin: the unmarried careth for the things of the Lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit; but she that hath married careth for the things of the world how she shall please her husband. (1 Cor. 7:34)
• Only the Apostle would have them without carefulness or distraction, that they might serve the Lord. If by reckoning themselves dead to nature this effect was not produced, they gained nothing, they lost by it. (“1 Corinthians 7” by J.N. Darby)
• Here the Apostle urges the greater exemption from earthly anxiety for serving and pleasing the Lord, which the single man or woman enjoys as compared with the married. There is less weight in the race and less distraction from the goal. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:15-24” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

W. Kelly Translation

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But I would have you to be without care. The unmarried careth for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;