Catholic Public Domain Version
"Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife. "
— 1 Corinthians 7:27, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.”
“Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. ”
“Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.”
“The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.”
“Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.”
“If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.”
“Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.”
Brothers, let each one, in whatever state he was called, remain in that state with God.
Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.
Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.
But if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this.
And so, this is what I say, brothers: The time is short. What remains of it is such that: those who have wives should be as if they had none;
and those who weep, as though they were not weeping; and those who rejoice, as if they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as if they possessed nothing;