Add parallel Print Page Options

24 Brethren, let each, in whatever state he is called, abide therein with God.

25 Concerning virgins I have no commandment from the Lord, yet I give counsel as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful. 26 I suppose that it is good for the present necessity. For it is good for a man so to be.

Read full chapter

24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(A)

Concerning the Unmarried

25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord,(B) but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy(C) is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.(D)

Read full chapter