Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.
Let every one remain in that condition of life in which he was when the Call came to him.
I think, then, that, in view of the time of suffering that has now come upon us, what I have already said is best-that a man should remain as he is.
still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.