But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
Trouble in the flesh - in their outward state, by reason of the present distress; not sin, which is the trouble of the spirit.
But I spare you. The emphasis (Greek) is on "I." My motive in advising you so is, to "spare you" such trouble. Augustine explains, 'I spare you further details of the inconveniences' of matrimony, lest the incontinent may at the peril of lust be deterred from it. The "But" then follows naturally in 1 Corinthians 7:29. My motive in the concession (1 Corinthians 7:28) is, because 'I have regard to your infirmity:' "BUT" I qualify this concession by saying, "the time," etc.