1 Corinthians 7:28

“But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such people will have affliction in the flesh, and I would spare you.”

1 Corinthians 7:28 · direct translation from the Greek
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1 Corinthians 7:28, word by word

marryγαμήσῃςgamēsēis

marry

Marry.

Where else “gamēsēis” appears
sinnedἥμαρτεςhēmartes

sin

Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.

Where else “hēmartes” appears
the virginπαρθένοςparthenos

virgin

Virgin: a young woman who has not had relations with a man; also, of men, one who has kept himself pure.

Where else “parthenos” appears
such peopleτοιοῦτοιtoioutoi

such

Such, of this kind.

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will haveἕξουσινhexousin

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

Where else “hexousin” appears
afflictionθλῖψινthlipsin

trouble, affliction

Affliction, distress, pressure.

Where else “thlipsin” appears
in the fleshσαρκὶsarki

flesh

The soft part of the body, of people or animals; also the body itself.

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would spareφείδομαιpheidomai

spare

Not to punish someone, or not hold something back.

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The context

27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

28 · This verse (above)

29But this I say, brothers: the time is shortened; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none,

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