Worrell(i)
29 But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened; that henceforth both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
30 and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not;
31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the full; for the fashion of this world is passing away.
32 But I wish you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
33 but he that is married is anxious for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
34 and has become divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that is married is anxious for the things of the world, that she may please her husband.
35 And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for that which is seemly, and compatible with constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.
36 But, if any one thinks that he behaves himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be beyond the prime of life, and thus it ought to be brought about, let him do what he wishes, he sins not; let them marry.
37 But he who has been standing steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has authority respecting his own will, and has determined this in his own heart, that he will keep his own virgin daughter, will do well.
38 So that both he that gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well; and he that gives her not in marriage will do better.
39 A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but, if her husband fall asleep, she is at liberty to he married to whom she will: only in the Lord.
40 But she is happier, if she abides as she is, according to my judgment; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.