Now for the people who are not married and for the widows {\cf2\super [41]} I say this: It is good for them to stay single like me.
Now \{I will discuss\} the things you wrote to me about. It is good for a man not to marry.
I want you to be free from worry. A man who is not married is busy with the Lord’s work. He is trying to please the Lord.
I wish all people were like me. But each person has his own gift from God. One person has one gift, another person has another gift.
We have the right to bring a believing wife with us when we travel, don’t we? The other apostles {\cf2\super [53]} and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas all do this.