BLB(i)
32 And I desire you to be without concern. The unmarried man cares for the things of the Lord, how he should please the Lord;
33 but the one having been married cares for the things of the world, how he should please the wife,
34 and is divided. And the unmarried woman and virgin cares for the things of the Lord, that she should be holy both in body and in spirit; but the one having been married cares for the things of the world, how she should please the husband.
35 Now I say this for your own benefit, not that I might place upon you a restraint, but for what is seemly and devoted to the Lord, without distraction.
36 But if anyone supposes to be behaving improperly to his virgin, if she is beyond youth, and it ought to be so, let him do what he wills; he does not sin; let them marry.
37 But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but having authority over the own will, and has judged this in the own heart, to keep his virgin, he will do well.
38 So then also, the one marrying the own virgin does well, and the one not marrying will do better.
39 A wife is bound for as long a time as her husband may live; but if the husband shall have died, she is free to be married to whom she wills, only in the Lord.
40 But she is more blessed if she should remain in the same manner, according to my judgment; and I think myself also to have the Spirit of God.