1 Corinthians 7:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Difference also - not merely the unmarried and the married man differ in respective duties, but also the wife and the virgin. A woman undergoes a greater change than a man in contracting marriage. So G f g. But 'Aleph (') A B Delta read х kai (G2532) memeristai (G3307)] (1 Corinthians 7:33-34) 'He that is married careth for the world, AND is divided (in heart, Matthew 6:24). Also the woman that is unmarried, and the virgin that is unmarried, careth for the things of the Lord.'

1 Corinthians 7:34

34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.