What does 1 Corinthians 7:25 mean?

1 Corinthians 7:25 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Corinthians 7:25 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

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