1 Corinthians 7:25–34

25  But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my opinion, as having received mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 26  I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that it is good for a man to remain so as he is. 27  Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife. 28  But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned: but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you. 29  But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having any: 30  and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as not possessing; 31  and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes. 32  But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; 33  but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife. 34  There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.