1Now I will answer the questions that you asked in your letter. You asked, “Is it best for people not to marry?”
2Well, having your own husband or wife should keep you from doing something immoral.
3Husbands and wives should be fair with each other about having sex.
4A wife belongs to her husband instead of to herself, and a husband belongs to his wife instead of to himself.
5So don't refuse sex to each other, unless you agree not to have sex for a little while, in order to spend time in prayer. Then Satan won't be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6In my opinion that is what should be done, though I don't know of anything the Lord said about this matter.
7I wish that all of you were like me, but God has given different gifts to each of us.
8Here is my advice for people who have never been married and for widows. You should stay single, just as I am.
9But if you don't have enough self-control, then go ahead and get married. After all, it is better to marry than to burn with desire.
10I instruct married couples to stay together, and this is exactly what the Lord himself taught. A wife who leaves her husband But I will tell you what I think. And you can trust me, because the Lord has treated me with kindness.
26We are now going through hard times, and I think it is best for you to stay as you are.
27If you are married, stay married. If you are not married, don't try to get married.
28It isn't wrong to marry, even if you have never been married before. But those who marry will have a lot of trouble, and I want to protect you from that.
29My friends, what I mean is that the Lord will soon come, and it won't matter if you are married or not.
30It will be all the same if you are crying or laughing, or if you are buying or are completely broke.
31It won't make any difference how much good you are getting from this world or how much you like it. This world as we know it is now passing away.
32I want all of you to be free from worry. An unmarried man worries about how to please the Lord.
33But a married man has more worries. He must worry about the things of this world, because he wants to please his wife.
34So he is pulled in two directions. Unmarried women and women who have never been married worry only about pleasing the Lord, and they keep their bodies and minds pure. But a married woman worries about the things of this world, because she wants to please her husband.
35What I am saying is for your own good—it isn't to limit your freedom. I want to help you to live right and to love the Lord above all else.
36But suppose you are engaged to someone old enough to be married, and you want her so much that all you can think about is getting married. Then go ahead and marry. There is nothing wrong with that.
37But it is better to have self-control and to make up your mind not to marry.
38It is perfectly all right to marry, but it is better not to get married at all.
39A wife should stay married to her husband until he dies. Then she is free to marry again, but only to a man who is a follower of the Lord.
40However, I think I am obeying God's Spirit when I say she would be happier to stay single.
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