which none of the rulers of this age knew; for, had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It would be good for them, if they remain as I myself.

But if you should marry, you would not sin. And if a virgin should marry, she would not sin. But such will have affliction in the flesh. But I spare you.

But I would have you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

I speak this for your own profit; not that I would entangle you, but that you may decorously and devotedly wait upon the Lord, without distraction.

But if any man thinks he would treat his virgin daughter amiss, should she pass the bloom of life, and it is necessary that it should be so, let him do as he pleases, he does not sin; let them (the suitor and the daughter) marry.

But I have availed myself of none of these things; nor do I write these things that it should be so done to me. For it would be better for me to die, than that any one should make my boasting vain.

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged;

Yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.