1 Corinthians 7:34
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.”
κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
πνεῦμα
spirit;
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πνεῦμα
Spirit, breath, wind. Pneuma. God is Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, God living inside every believer. He leads guides comforts and empowers.
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μεριμνάω
cares for
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μεριμνάω
To be anxious, to be worried. Merimnao. Do not be anxious about anything. Anxiety is not a sin. It is an invitation to prayer. Bring it all to God.
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μερίζω
has he been divided.
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μερίζω
To divide, to distribute, to assign. God has arranged the parts of the body just as He wanted. Your place in the body is His assignment.
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κόσμος
world,
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κόσμος
The world, the ordered universe. God so loved the kosmos. He loves what He made and He is working to redeem every part of it.
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πῶς
how
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πῶς
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
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σῶμα
body
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σῶμα
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
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παρθένος
virgin
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παρθένος
a maiden; by implication, an unmarried daughter
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εἰμί
she may be
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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γυνή
woman
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γυνή
a woman; specially, a wife
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γαμέω
having been married
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γαμέω
to wed (of either sex)
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