26. I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
27. Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be uncommitted. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
28. But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless they will have trouble in this life, but I would spare you that.
29. But this I say, brothers, the time is short. It remains that those who have wives should be as though they had none;
30. those who weep, as though they did not weep; those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; those who buy, as though they possessed nothing;
31. and those who use this world, as though they did not make full use of it. For the form of this world is passing away.
32. But I prefer that you have no concern. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
33. But he who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.