Contemporary English Version Anglicised

1 Corinthians 7:29-40 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

29. My friends, what I mean is that the Lord will soon come, and it won't matter if you are married or not.

30. It will be all the same if you are crying or laughing, or if you are buying or are completely broke.

31. It won't make any difference how much good you are getting from this world or how much you like it. This world as we know it is now passing away.

32. I want all of you to be free from worry. An unmarried man worries about how to please the Lord.

33. But a married man has more worries. He must worry about the things of this world, because he wants to please his wife.

34. So he is pulled in two directions. Unmarried women and women who have never been married worry only about pleasing the Lord, and they keep their bodies and minds pure. But a married woman worries about the things of this world, because she wants to please her husband.

35. What I am saying is for your own good—it isn't to limit your freedom. I want to help you to live right and to love the Lord above all else.

36. But suppose you are engaged to someone old enough to be married, and you want her so much that all you can think about is getting married. Then go ahead and marry. There is nothing wrong with that.

37. But it is better to have self-control and to make up your mind not to marry.

38. It is perfectly all right to marry, but it is better not to get married at all.

39. A wife should stay married to her husband until he dies. Then she is free to marry again, but only to a man who is a follower of the Lord.

40. However, I think I am obeying God's Spirit when I say she would be happier to stay single.