36. But if any man thinks he is acting improperly toward his virgin, if she is past marriageable age, and so it must be, he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.
37. But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will ) and has decided in his heart to keep his own virgin, will do well.
38. So then he who marries his virgin does well, but he who does not marry will do better.
39. A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants — only in the Lord.