Albert Barnes Commentary 1 Corinthians 7:27

"Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife." — 1 Corinthians 7:27 (ASV)

Art thou bound unto a wife? Are you already married? Marriage is often thus represented as a tie, a bond, etc. See Barnes on Romans 7:2.

Seek not to be loosed. Do not seek a dissolution (lusin) of the connection, either by divorce or by a separation from each other. See Barnes on 1 Corinthians 7:10; also 1 Corinthians 7:11–17.

Art thou loosed from a wife? Are you unmarried? It should have been rendered, free from a wife; or, are you single? It does not necessarily imply that the person had been married, though it may have that meaning, and signify those who had been separated from a wife by her death. There is no need to suppose that Paul refers to persons who had divorced their wives. So Grotius, Schleusner, Doddridge, etc.