26 Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 However, if you do get married, 7:28 1Tm 5:14 you have not sinned, and if a virgin 7:28 Or betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have trouble in this life, 7:28 Lit in the flesh and I am trying to spare you.
29 This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is limited, 7:29 Rm 13:11 so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none, 30 those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice 7:30 Php 1:18 as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they didn’t own anything, 31 and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away. 7:31 Mk 13:7; 1Jn 2:8