1Corinthians:7:32-40

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* But I would have (5750 ) (5719 ) you without carefulness . He that is unmarried careth (5719 ) for the things that belong to the Lord , how he may please (5692 ) the Lord : * But he that is married (5660 ) careth (5719 ) for the things that are of the world , how he may please (5692 ) his wife . * There is difference also between (5769 ) a wife and a virgin . The unmarried woman careth for (5719 ) the things of the Lord , that she may be (5753 ) holy both in body and in spirit : but she that is married (5660 ) careth (5719 ) for the things of the world , how she may please (5692 ) her husband . * And this I speak (5719 ) for your own profit (5723 ); not that I may cast (5632 ) a snare upon you , but for that which is comely , and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction . * But if any man think (5719 ) that he behaveth himself uncomely (5721 ) toward his virgin , if she pass the flower of her age (5753 ), and need (5719 ) so require (5738 ), let him do (5720 ) what he will (5719 ), he sinneth (5719 ) not : let them marry (5720 ). * Nevertheless he that standeth (5707 ) (5758 ) stedfast in his heart , having (5723 ) no necessity , but hath (5719 ) power over his own will , and hath so decreed (5758 ) in his heart that he will keep (5721 ) his virgin , doeth (5719 ) well . * So then he that giveth her in marriage (5723 ) doeth (5719 ) well ; but he that giveth her not in marriage (5723 ) doeth (5719 ) better . * The wife is bound (5769 ) by the law as long as her husband liveth (5719 ); but if her husband be dead (5686 ), she is (5748 ) at liberty to be married (5683 ) to whom she will (5719 ); only in the Lord . * But she is (5748 ) happier if she so abide (5661 ), after my judgment : and I think (5719 ) also that I have (5721 ) the Spirit of God .

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