Paul is speaking to the Corinthians as if he were speaking to each person, so all these instances of "you" and the command "do not seek" here are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
Paul uses this question to introduce a possible condition. The question can be translated as a phrase with "if." AT: "If you are bound to a woman, do not" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
Here "bound to a woman" is a metaphor for being married to a woman, as if the husband and wife are tied to each other. AT: "Are you attached to a woman" or "Are you married" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]).
Here being free of a woman, or untied to a woman, is a metaphor for not being married to her. AT: "Do not try to be separated from her" or "Do not divorce her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
Paul uses this question to introduce a possible condition. The question can be translated as a phrase with "if." AT: "If you are free of a wife, do not" or "If you do not have a wife, do not" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
Paul addresses men who are not married. Here being free of a wife, or untied to a wife, is a metaphor for not being married. AT: "Are you untied to a wife" or "Are you without a wife" or "Are you unmarried" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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