25. Now, concerning what you wrote about unmarried people: I do not have a command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is worthy of trust.
26. Considering the present distress, I think it is better for a man to stay as he is.
27. Have you got a wife? Then don't try to get rid of her. Are you unmarried? Then don't look for a wife.
28. But if you do marry, you haven't committed a sin; and if an unmarried woman marries, she hasn't committed a sin. But I would rather spare you the everyday troubles that married people will have.
29. What I mean, my friends, is this: there is not much time left, and from now on married men should live as though they were not married;