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There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
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But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
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But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
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And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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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;
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But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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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.
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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.
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I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
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Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.