But even if you should marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin should marry, she has not sinned. But such will have trouble in the flesh, and I would spare you.

And the wife and the virgin are different. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the woman having married cares about the things of the world--about how she may please her husband.

But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past her prime, and thus it must be, let him do what he desires. He does not sin; let them marry.

So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins mourned not.

But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.

Now to those who have married I command, yet not I, but the Lord: A wife is not to be separated from her husband--

But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, let him not divorce her.

But she is more blessed if she remains as she is, in my opinion--and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

I speak not by a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by means of the diligence of others.

And I give [my] opinion in this: For this is profitable for you, who not only previously began doing [this], but also desired to, since last year.

What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

Now furthermore what is required among the stewards, is that one be found faithful.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

For we are not as the rest, corrupting the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not despair,

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor falsifying the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience before God.

And I give thanks to the [One] who empowers me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because He considered me faithful, putting me into the ministry,

and the grace of our Lord superabounded with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

However, because of this I was shown mercy, so that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, as a pattern for those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.