25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord - Kurios: yet I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord - Kurios to be faithful.

26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be.

27 Are youi bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Are youi loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.