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# Are you bound ... Do not seek ... Are you free ... Do not seek ... you do ... you have
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Paul is speaking to the Corinthians as if they were one person, so all these instances of "you" and the command "do not seek" here are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# Are you bound to a woman? Do not seek
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"Bound" is a metaphor, as if a man were attached to a woman by ropes. AT: "Are you attached to a woman? Do not seek" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]).
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# Are you free of a wife? Do not seek
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Paul addresses men who are not married. AT: "If you are not now married, do not seek" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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"Free of a wife" is an idiom meaning the ability to live without constantly thinking of the work one must do for the wife. AT: "Are you able to live without constantly thinking of the work you must do for the wife? Do not seek" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]]).
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# Do not seek a wife
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"Do not try to get married"
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# committed
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"done"
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# I would like to spare you from them
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"I do not want you to have them"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/free]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]] |