1st Corinthians Chapter 7 verse 26 Holy Bible
I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, `namely,' that it is good for a man to be as he is.
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In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.
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I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so as he is.
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I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
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I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
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I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that `it is' good for a man that the matter be thus: --
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - I suppose. St. Paul only states this modestly, and somewhat hesitatingly, as his personal opinion. For the present distress; rather, on account of the pressing necessity; in the urgent and trying conditions which at the present moment surround the Christian's life, and which were the prophesied "woes of the Messiah" (Matthew 24:3, etc.). For a man; rather, for a person - whether man or woman. Be to be; that is, unmarried. The words are not improbably a quotation from the Corinthian letter. Otherwise we might explain the "so" to mean "as he is - whether married or unmarried."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress.--Better, I think then that it is good because of the impending distress--that it is good for a person to be so--i.e., to continue in the state in which he is, married or unmarried, as the case may be.The construction of this sentence is strikingly characteristic of a writing which has been taken down from dictation. The speaker commences the sentence, and afterwards commences it over again: "I think it is good," &c., and then, "I say I think it is good."From this verse to the end of 1Corinthians 7:35 the Apostle deals again with the general question of marriage, introducing a new element of consideration--"the impending distress"; and at 1Corinthians 7:36 he returns to the immediate subject with which he had started in 1Corinthians 7:25, viz., duty of parents regarding their young unmarried daughters. The "impending distress" is that foretold by Christ, Matthew 24:8 et seq. The Apostle regarded the coming of Christ as no distant event, and in the calamities already threatening the Church, such as the famine in the time of Claudius (Acts 11:28), and in the gathering persecutions, he heard the first mutterings of the storm which should burst upon the world before the sign of the Son of Man should appear in the heavens. . . .