I thinkthenthat thisis goodin viewof the presentdistress,that it is goodfor a manto remainas he is.
"But woeto thosewho are pregnantand to thosewho are nursing babiesin thosedays!
"Woeto thosewho are pregnantand to thosewho are nursing babiesin thosedays;for there will be greatdistressupon the landand wrathto thispeople;
Nowconcerningthe things about whichyou wrote,it is goodfor a mannot to toucha woman.
Are you boundto a wife?Do not seekto be released.Are you releasedfrom a wife?Do not seeka wife.
But ifyou marry,you have not sinned;and ifa virginmarries,she has not sinned.Yetsuchwill havetroublein thislife,and I am trying to spareyou.
But I sayto the unmarriedand to widowsthat it is goodfor them ifthey remainevenas I.
that you not be quicklyshakenfrom your composureorbe disturbedeitherby a spiritora messageora letteras iffrom us, to the effectthat the dayof the Lordhas come.
For [it is] timefor judgmentto beginwith the householdof God;and if[it] [begins] with us first,what[will be] the outcomefor thosewho do not obeythe gospelof God?