1 Corinthians 7:25-31
New Testament for Everyone
On remaining unmarried
25 Now when it comes to unmarried people, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as (thanks to the Lord’s mercy!) a trustworthy person. 26 This, then, is what I think is for the best: just at the moment we are in the middle of a very difficult time, and it’s best for people to remain as they are. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t try to dissolve the marriage. Have you had your marriage dissolved? Don’t look for another wife. 28 But if you do marry, you are not sinning, and if an unmarried woman marries, she is not sinning. But people who go that way will have trouble at a human level, and I would prefer to spare you that.
29 This is what I mean, my brothers and sisters. The present situation won’t last long; for the moment, let those who have wives live as though they weren’t married, 30 those who weep as though they were not weeping, those who celebrate as though they were not celebrating, those who buy as though they had no possessions, 31 those who use the world as though they were not making use of it. The pattern of this world, you see, is passing away.
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