Now for those who are not married and for the widows I say this: It is good for you to stay single like me.
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 everyone could be like me. But God has given each person a different ability. He makes some able to live one way, others to live a different way.
Now I will discuss the things you wrote me about. You asked if it is better for a man not to have any sexual relations at all.
We have the right to bring a believing wife with us when we travel, don’t we? The other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Peter all do this.