1Cor 7:26 | JFB | STEP | 26. I suppose-- "I consider." this-- namely, "for a man so to be," that is, in the same state in which he is ( ). for-- by reason of. the present distress-- the distresses to which believers were then beginning to be subjected, making the married state less desirable than the single; and which would prevail throughout the world before the destruction of Jerusalem, according to Christ's prophecy ( ; compare ).

‏ 1 Corinthians 7:26

26. I suppose--"I consider."

this--namely, "for a man so to be," that is, in the same state in which he is (1Co 7:27).

for--by reason of.

the present distress--the distresses to which believers were then beginning to be subjected, making the married state less desirable than the single; and which would prevail throughout the world before the destruction of Jerusalem, according to Christ's prophecy (Mt 24:8-21; compare Ac 11:28).