Now, to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it would be better for you to continue to live alone as I do.

Considering the present distress, I think it is better for a man to stay as he is.

Do you have a wife? Then don't try to get rid of her. Are you unmarried? Then don't look for a wife.

But if a man, without being forced to do so, has firmly made up his mind not to marry, and if he has his will under complete control and has already decided in his own mind what to do---then he does well not to marry the young woman.

So the man who marries does well, but the one who doesn't marry does even better.

His disciples said to him, "If this is how it is between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry."

Jesus answered, "This teaching does not apply to everyone, but only to those to whom God has given it.

God replied in the dream, "Yes, I know that you did it with a clear conscience; so I kept you from sinning against me and did not let you touch her.

watch them to see where they are reaping and stay with them. I have ordered my men not to molest you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and drink from the water jars that they have filled."

It is just as dangerous to sleep with another man's wife. Whoever does it will suffer.