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1 Corinthians 7:29-34

29ButthisIsayφημι,phēmiG5346,brethren,thetimeG2540isG1510straitened.Fortherest,thattheywhohavewivesG1135,beG1510asnothaving[any]:

30andtheythatweepκλαίοντεςklaiontesG2799,asnotweepingκλαίοντες,klaiontesG2799;andtheythatrejoiceG5463,asnotrejoicingG5463;andtheythatbuyἀγοράζοντεςagorazontesG59,asnotpossessing;

31andtheythatuseG5530theworldκόσμονkosmonG2889,asnotdisposingofitastheirown;forthefashionofthisworldκόσμουkosmouG2889passes.

32ButIwishG2309youtobeG1510withoutcare.TheunmarriedἄγαμοςagamosG22caresforthethingsoftheLordκυρίου,kuriouG2962,howπῶςpōsG4459heshallpleaseἀρέσῃaresēG700theLordκυρίῳ·kuriōG2962;

33buthethathasmarriedG1060caresforthethingsoftheworldκόσμου,kosmouG2889,howπῶςpōsG4459heshallpleaseἀρέσῃaresēG700hiswifeγυναικί,gunaikiG1135.

34ThereisᾖēG1510adifferencebetweenthewifeG1135andthevirginπαρθένοςparthenosG3933.TheunmarriedἄγαμοςagamosG22caresforthethingsoftheLordκυρίου,kuriouG2962,thatshemaybeG1510holyἁγίαhagiaG40bothinbodyσώματιsōmatiG4983andspiritπνεύματι·pneumatiG4151;butshethathasmarriedG1060caresforthethingsoftheworldκόσμου,kosmouG2889,howπῶςpōsG4459sheshallpleaseἀρέσῃaresēG700herhusbandἀνδρί.andriG435.

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