Now as to the matters about which ye wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;

and I would have you free from anxious cares. He that is unmarried careth about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

but he that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please his wife.

There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin; the unmarried woman careth about the things of the Lord, to be holy, both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

Have we not a right to carry about with us a sister as a wife, as well as the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

Now I will come to you, when I have passed through Macedonia; for I am about to pass through Macedonia;