³⁸ 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.

⁴ `Let' marriage `be' had in honor among all, and `let' the bed `be' undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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.

¹ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

² But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

²⁶ 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.

³² 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 but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

³⁴ 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.