1 Corinthians 7:32-40 ▼

32 And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the LORD, how he will please the LORD;

33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he will please the wife.

34 The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the LORD, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she will please the husband.

35 And this I say for your own profit: not that I may cast a noose on you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the LORD, undistractedly,

36 and if anyone thinks [it] to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought to be so, what he wills let him do; he does not sin—let him marry.

37 And he does well who has stood steadfast in the heart—not having necessity—and has authority over his own will, and he has determined this in his heart—to keep his own virgin;

38 so that both he who is giving in marriage does well, and he who is not giving in marriage does better.

39 A wife has been bound by law [for] as long [a] time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will—only in the LORD;

40 and she is happier if she may so remain—according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.