36. If any man thinks that he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, and if she is past the flower of her youth, and passions so require, let him do what he will. He does not sin. Let them marry.
37. Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart without necessity, and has power over his own will, and has so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.
38. So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who gives her not in marriage does better.
39. The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives. But if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will, but only in the Lord.
40. But in my judgment she is happier if she so remains as she is. And I think that I have the Spirit of God.