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Art thou bound to a wife? (dedesai gunaiki̱). Perfect passive indicative of deō, to bind, with dative case gunaiki. Marriage bond as in Rom 7:2.
Seek not to be loosed (mē zētei lusin). Present active imperative with negative mē, “Do not be seeking release” (lusin) from the marriage bond, old word, here only in N.T.
Seek not a wife (mē zētei gunaika). Same construction, Do not be seeking a wife. Bachelors as well as widowers are included in lelusai (loosed, perfect passive indicative of luō). This advice of Paul he only urges “because of the present necessity” (1Co 7:26). Whether he held on to this opinion later one does not know. Certainly he gives the noblest view of marriage in Eph 5:22-33. Paul does not present it as his opinion for all men at all times. Men feel it their duty to seek a wife.