# 1 Corinthians 7.25 **Book:** [1 Corinthians](/codex/1-corinthians/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 23. Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men. 24. Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God. > > **25. Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.** > > 26. I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is. 27. Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. (1 Corinthians 7:23-27, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 23. You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men. 24. Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God. > > **25. Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.** > > 26. I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is. 27. Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife. (1 Corinthians 7:23-27, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 23. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. > > **25. Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.** > > 26. I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. distress: or, necessity 27. Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. (1 Corinthians 7:23-27, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 23. with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men; 24. each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God. > > **25. And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:** > > 26. I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus: 27. Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. (1 Corinthians 7:23-27, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** Paul the Apostle - **Audience:** Christian believers in Corinth - **Location:** composed in Ephesus; addressed to Corinth - **Time period:** composed c. AD 55-56 ## Theological reading ## Key words - [G2962 - kyrios](/codex/g2962-kyrios/), *kyrios* (Strong's G2962). Also appears in: [Matthew 1.20](/codex/matthew-1-20/), [Matthew 1](/codex/matthew-1/), [Matthew 6.24](/codex/matthew-6-24/). - [G3933 - parthenos](/codex/g3933-parthenos/), *parthenos* (Strong's G3933). Also appears in: [Matthew 1.23](/codex/matthew-1-23/), [Acts 21.9](/codex/acts-21-9/). ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses. ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [G3933 - parthenos](/codex/g3933-parthenos/), via [1 Corinthians 7.25-38](/codex/1-corinthians-7-25-38/) **Passages:** - [Acts 21.9](/codex/acts-21-9/) - [Matthew 1](/codex/matthew-1/) - [Matthew 1.22-23](/codex/matthew-1-22-23/)