1 Corinthians 7:32–40

³²But ^eI would have you without carefulness. ^fHe that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may ^gplease the Lord: ³³but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. ^34hThere is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman ^ecareth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. ³⁵And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may ⁱcast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction. ³⁶But if any man think that he ^jbehaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she ^kpass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. ³⁷Nevertheless he that ^lstandeth ^mstedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. ³⁸So then he that giveth her in marriage ⁿdoeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

^39oThe wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband ^pbe dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only ^qin the Lord. ⁴⁰But she is happier if she so abide, ^rafter my judgment: and I ^sthink also ^tthat I have the Spirit of God.

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