1 Corinthians 7:25-40 - Concerning The Unmarried
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one who hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 26 I apprehend therefore, that this is good for the present distress, that it is good for a man to continue as he is. 27 Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 28 Yet if thou dost marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh; but I spare you. 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that even they that have wives, be as if they had none: And they that weep, as if they wept not; 30 and they that rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; 31 and they that buy, as if they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it; for the fashion of this world passeth away: Now I would have you without carefulness.
32 The unmarried man careth for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. 33 But the married careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit: but the married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 And this I say for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but that ye may decently wait upon the Lord without distraction.
36 But if any think that he acteth indecently toward his virgin, if she be above age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 37 Nevertheless, he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power over his own will, and hath determined this in his heart to keep his virgin, doth well. 38 So then he also that giveth in marriage, doth well; but he that giveth not in marriage, doth better.
39 The wife is bound as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to marry whom she will; only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier, if she continue as she is, in my judgment; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.