³⁰ those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; ³¹ those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.^(A)

³² I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs^(B)—how he can please the Lord.