1 Corinthians 7:32-40

32But I want you to be free from concern. One who is 1unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; 33but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, 34and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35I say this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but 2to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.

36But if anyone thinks that he is acting dishonorably toward his virgin, if she is 3past her youth and it ought to be so, let him do what he wishes, he is not sinning; let 4them marry. 37But the one who stands firm in his heart, 5if he is not under constraint, but has authority 6over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well. 38So then, both the one who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and the one who does not give her in marriage will do better.

397A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband 8dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only 9in the Lord. 40But 10in my opinion she is 11happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.