7:32 我願你們無所掛慮。沒有娶妻的,是為主的事掛慮,想怎樣叫主喜悅。
7:33 娶了妻的,是為世上的事掛慮,想怎樣叫妻子喜悅。
7:34 婦人和處女也有分別。沒有出嫁的,是為主的事掛慮,要身體、靈魂都聖潔;已經出嫁的,是為世上的事掛慮,想怎樣叫丈夫喜悅。
7:35 我說這話是為你們的益處,不是要牢籠你們,乃是要叫你們行合宜的事,得以殷勤服事主,沒有分心的事。
32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 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.
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保羅在此告訴我們不管有沒有婚姻,人生的目的就是:「行合宜的事,得以殷勤服事主,沒有分心的事。」也就是說,不要讓任何事情或人生的狀況來影響我們服事主。
當然服事主不是為了讓人看見我們是多麼敬虔,而是要回報上一對我們的愛與恩典。因為一切的美好,都是是因為上帝在基督裡的救贖之恩而來的。若沒有主耶穌的救恩,世上的是在美好都沒有意義,包括我們的婚姻。
也因為如此,人需要在婚姻上忠誠,更要好好服事主,這樣才是榮耀主的生命!