1 Corinthians 7:29
“But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;”
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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“Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.”
“Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.”
“But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.”
“I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”
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