I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.

biblegateway 1Co 7:35

This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.

Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper, and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.

Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not that I may put a restriction on you, but to promote appropriate and devoted service to the Lord without distraction.

biblegateway 1Co 7:35

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

bibleoremus 1Co 7:35

I say this for your own benefit, not to put any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord.

In saying this I am thinking simply of your own good. I have no wish to keep you on a tight rein; I only want you to be beyond criticism and be free from distraction in your devotion to the Lord.

biblegateway 1Co 7:35

And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.

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.

biblegateway 1Co 7:35