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1 Corinthians 7:32

WEB

32But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

KJV

32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

BSB

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.

FBV

32[+] I would prefer you to be free from such worries. A man who is not married pays attention to what is important to the Lord, and how he can please the Lord.

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Extra References

Matthew 6:25-34

25Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

27Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment[+] to his lifespan? 28Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin, 29yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. 30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

31Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ 32For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.


1 Timothy 5:5

5Now she who is a widow indeed and desolate, has her hope set on God and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.


Philippians 4:6

6In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.


Psalms 55:22

22Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.


Matthew 13:22

22What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.