1 Corinthians 7:21-28

21Were you a slave when you were called? Do not worry about that [since your status as a believer is equal to that of a freeborn believer]; but if you are able to gain your freedom, do that.

22For he who was a slave when he was called in the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, likewise he who was free when he was called is a slave of Christ.

23You were bought with a price [a precious price paid by Christ]; do not become slaves to men [but to Christ].

24Brothers, let each one remain with God in that condition in which he was [when he was] called.

25Now concerning the virgins [of marriageable age] I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

26I think then that because of the impending distress [that is, the pressure of the current trouble], it is good for a man to remain as he is.

27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you unmarried? Do not seek a wife.

28But if you do marry, you have not sinned [in doing so]; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned [in doing so]. Yet those [who marry] will have troubles (special challenges) in this life, and I am trying to spare you that.