^{26 Ref} I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, `namely,' that it is good for a man to be as he is.

^{27 Ref} Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

^{28 Ref} But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.