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27 Of course, if you already are married, don’t separate because of this. But if you aren’t, don’t rush into it at this time. 28 But if you men decide to go ahead anyway and get married now, it is all right; and if a girl gets married in times like these, it is no sin. However, marriage will bring extra problems that I wish you didn’t have to face right now.

29 The important thing to remember is that our remaining time is very short, and so are our opportunities for doing the Lord’s work.[a] For that reason those who have wives should stay as free as possible for the Lord;

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  1. 1 Corinthians 7:29 and so are our opportunities for doing the Lord’s work, implied. those who have wives should stay as free as possible for the Lord, literally, “those who have wives may be as though they didn’t.”

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