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1 Corinthians 7:35

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 35 But I am saying this for your personal advantage, not to restrict you, but to move you to what is appropriate and to constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.

1 Corinthians 7:35

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 35 But I am saying this for your personal advantage, not to restrict* you, but to move you to what is appropriate and to constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.

1 Corinthians 7:35

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 35 τοῦτο This δὲ but πρὸς toward τὸ the ὑμῶν of YOU αὐτῶν very ones σύμφορον (thing) bearing together λέγω, I am saying, οὐχ not ἵνα in order that βρόχον noose ὑμῖν to YOU ἐπιβάλω, I might throw upon, ἀλλὰ but πρὸς toward τὸ the εὔσχημον (thing) holding well καὶ and εὐπάρεδρον (thing) sitting well beside τῷ to the κυρίῳ Lord ἀπερισπάστως. undistractedly.

1 Corinthians 7:35

The Bible in Living English
- 35 But I am saying this in your own interest, not in order to put a halter on you but with a view to what will be respectable and favorable to undistracted listening to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:35

American Standard Version
- 35 And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

1 Corinthians 7:35

The Emphasized Bible
- 35 This however with a view to your own profit am I saying,—Not that a snare upon you I may cast, But with a view to what is comely and devoted unto the Lord without distraction.

1 Corinthians 7:35

King James Version
- 35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.