I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 7:26
Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress: it is fine for a man to stay as he is.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 7:27
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 7:32
I want you to be without concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord-- how he may please the Lord.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 7:34
and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world-- how she may please her husband.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 7:35
Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper, and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.