1 Corinthians 7:35
I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
This I say for your own benefit, not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- not
- This is an allusion to the {Retiarius} among the Romans, who carried a small casting net, {rete,} which he endeavoured to throw over his adversary's head.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2, 5–9, 28, 36; Matthew 19:12
- comely
- 1 Corinthians 7:36; Ephesians 5:3; Philippians 4:8; 1 Timothy 1:10; Titus 2:3
- and that
- 1 Corinthians 7:33, 34; Luke 8:14; Luke 10:40–42; Luke 21:34