[和合本] 我说这话是为你们的益处，不是要牢笼你们，乃是要叫你们行合宜的事，得以殷勤服侍主，没有分心的事。
[新标点] 我说这话是为你们的益处，不是要牢笼你们，乃是要叫你们行合宜的事，得以殷勤服事主，没有分心的事。
[和合修] 我说这话是为你们的益处，不是要限制你们，而是要你们做合宜的事，得以不分心地对主忠诚。
[新译本] 我说这话，是为了你们自己的益处；我不是要限制你们，而是要你们作合宜的事，一心一意地对主忠诚。
[当代修] 我这样说是为了你们的好处，不是要束缚你们，是要鼓励你们做合宜的事，好叫你们殷勤、专心事奉主。
[现代修] 我这样说是要帮助你们，不是要限制你们。我要你们做得对，做得合适，并且为主的工作完全奉献自己，毫无保留。
[吕振中] 我说这话、是为了你们自己的益处，不是要设圈套笼络你们，乃是要你们温雅端正、殷勤服事主、而不分心。
[思高本] 我说这话，是为你们的益处，并不是要设下圈套陷害你们，而只是为叫你们更齐全，得以不断地专心事主。
[文理本] 我言此、为益尔、非缚尔、乃所宜然、俾尔专于事主、心无纷扰、
[GNT] I am saying this because I want to help you. I am not trying to put restrictions on you. Instead, I want you to do what is right and proper, and to give yourselves completely to the Lord's service without any reservation.
[BBE] And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.
[KJV] And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
[NKJV] And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.
[KJ21] And this I speak for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and so that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
[NASB] I say this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but (Lit for what is seemly)to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.
[NRSV] I say this for your own benefit, not to put any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord.
[WEB] This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
[ESV] I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
[NIV] 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.
[NIrV] His concerns pull him in two directions. A single woman or a virgin is concerned about the Lord's matters. She wants to serve the Lord with both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the matters of this world. She wants to know how she can please her husband.
[HCSB] Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper, and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.
[CSB] Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper, and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.
[AMP] Now I say this for your own welfare and profit, not to put [a halter of] restraint upon you, but to promote what is seemly and in good order and to secure your undistracted and undivided devotion to the Lord.
[NLT] I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you. I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best, with as few distractions as possible.
[YLT] And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,