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I think,νομίζωthen,οὖνthat thisτοῦτοisὑπάρχεινgoodκαλὸνbecause ofδιὰthe presentτὴν ἐνεστῶσανdistress,ἀνάγκηνthatὅτιit isgoodκαλὸνfor a manἀνθρώπῳto remainεἶναιas he is.τὸ οὕτως
1 Corinthians 7:26
Study it in the app“I think, then, that this is good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:26, word by word
- I thinkνομίζωnomizō
think, suppose
Think, suppose, consider something to be so.
Where else “nomizō” appears- isὑπάρχεινhyparchein
be
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hyparchein” appears- goodκαλὸνkalon
beautiful
Lovely to look at.
Where else “kalon” appears- the presentἐνεστῶσανenestōsan
present
What has already begun and is lived now, as against what is to come.
Where else “enestōsan” appears- distressἀνάγκηνanankēn
distress
A time of trouble and suffering.
Where else “anankēn” appears- for a manἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōi
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpōi” appears- to remainεἶναιeinai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appears
Translation note
“The present distress”: perhaps a situation of affliction they were living through at that time.
The context
25Now concerning virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who has received mercy from the Lord to be faithful.
26 · This verse (above)
27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.