I think then that because of the impending distress [that is, the pressure of the current trouble], it is good for a man to remain as he is.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified [that is, he receives the blessings granted] through his [Christian] wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be [ceremonially] unclean, but as it is they are holy.

So then both the father who gives his virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.