^{32 Ref} But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

^{33 Ref} But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

^{34 Ref} And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

^{35 Ref} Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

^{32 Ref} And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

^{33 Ref} and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

^{34 Ref} The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

^{35 Ref} And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,