25. Now concerning virgins I have no command from the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
26. I think then, because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
27. Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek a divorce. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
28. But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such people will have trouble in this fleshly life, and I am trying to spare you.
29. But this I say, brothers and sisters—the time is short. From now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;
30. and those who weep, as though not weeping; and those who rejoice, as though not rejoicing; and those who buy, as though not possessing;
31. and those who use the world, as though not using it to the fullest. For the present form of this world is passing away.
32. But I want you to be free from cares. An unmarried man cares about the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord;