29 And this I say, brothers, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,
30 and those who weep as though they did not weep, and those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, and those who buy as though they did not possess,
31 and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the scene of this world is passing away.
32 And I wish you to be without concern. He who is unmarried is concerned about the matters of the Master – how to please the Master.
33 But he who is married is concerned about the matters of the world – how to please his wife.
34 There is a difference between a wife and a maiden. The unmarried woman is concerned about the matters of the Master, that she might be set-apart both in body and in spirit. But she who is married is concerned about the matters of the world – how to please her husband.
35 And this I say for your own good, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and to attend to the Master without distraction.