37. But he who stands firm in his heart—who has no pressure, but has power over his own will and has so determined in his own heart to keep her a virgin—he will do well.
38. So then both he who marries the virgin does well, and he who doesn’t marry her does better.
39. A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wishes—only in the Lord.
40. But in my judgment she is happier if she stays as she is—and I also think that I have the Ruach Elohim.