26. Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
27. Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.
28. But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29. What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not;
30. those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep;