Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Free from cares (amerimnouv). Old compound adjective (a privative and merimna, anxiety). In N.T. only here and Matthew 28:14 which see.
The things of the Lord (ta tou Kuriou). The ideal state (so as to the widow and the virgin in verse 1 Corinthians 7:33), but even the unmarried do let the cares of the world choke the word (Mark 4:19).
How he may please the Lord (pwv aresh tw Kuriw). Deliberative subjunctive with pwv retained in an indirect question. Dative case of Kuriw. Same construction in verse 1 Corinthians 7:33 with pwv aresh th gunaiki (his wife) and in 1 Corinthians 7:34 pwv aresh tw andri (her husband).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 6:25
Luke 12:34
1 Corinthians 7:8
1 Corinthians 7:34
Revelation 14:4
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