^{26 Ref} I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that `it is' good for a man that the matter be thus: --

^{27 Ref} Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

^{28 Ref} But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.

^{29 Ref} And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;

^{30 Ref} and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;

^{31 Ref} and those using this world, as not using `it' up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.