But because there is so much immorality, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.

Marriage is to be honored by all, and husbands and wives must be faithful to each other. God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Now, to deal with the matters you wrote about. A man does well not to marry.

Now, to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it would be better for you to continue to live alone as I do.

Considering the present distress, I think it is better for a man to stay as he is.

I would like you to be free from worry. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's work, because he is trying to please the Lord.

and so he is pulled in two directions. An unmarried woman or a virgin concerns herself with the Lord's work, because she wants to be dedicated both in body and spirit; but a married woman concerns herself with worldly matters, because she wants to please her husband.