27If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.
28If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.
29But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;
30And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;
31And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.
32But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:
33But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.