^{32 Ref} But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

^{33 Ref} but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

^{34 Ref} and is divided. `So' also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

^{35 Ref} And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

³⁶ But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin `daughter', if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

³⁷ But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his own heart, to keep his own virgin `daughter', shall do well.

^{38 Ref} So then both he that giveth his own virgin `daughter' in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.