I always thank God about you for the blessing bestowed upon you in Christ Jesus.

Therefore let no one boast about men; for all things are yours--

With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It would be well for a man to remain single.

I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master's Cause, desiring to please him;

While the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;

And so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master's Cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.

I speak to you as man of discernment; form your own judgment about what I am saying.

In the next place, Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant about spiritual gifts.

Results differ, yet the God who brings about every result is in every case the same.

If they want information on any point, they should ask their husbands about it at home; for it is unbecoming for a married woman to speak at a meeting of the Church.

Yes, and we are being proved to have borne false testimony about God; for we testified of God that he raised the Christ, whom he did not raise, if, indeed, the dead do not rise!