1 Corinthians 7:25-28

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

The Unmarried and the Widows

²⁵ Now concerning the unmarried,^[a] I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. ²⁶ I think that in view of the impending^[b] distress it is well for a person to remain as he is. ²⁷ Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage. ²⁸ But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a girl^[c] marries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.