⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is ^(A)good for them if they remain ^(B)even as I.

²⁶ I think, then, that this is good in view of the ^[a]present ^(A)distress, that ^(B)it is good for a man ^[b]to remain as he is.

²⁸ But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such people as yourselves will have ^[a]trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.

³² But I want you to be free from concern. One who is ^(A)unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; ³³ but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

⁴⁰ But ^(A)in my opinion she is ^[a]happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.