1 Corinthians 7:25-35

25But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of [the] Lord; but I give my opinion, as having received mercy of [the] Lord to be faithful.

26I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so as he is.

27Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

28But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned: but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.

29But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:

30and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as not possessing;

31and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes.

32But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

33but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

34There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

35But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what [is] seemly, and waiting on the Lord without distraction.