⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: ^(A)It is good for them if they remain even as I am;

⁹ but ^(A)if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

³² But I want you to be without ^[a]care. ^(A)He who is unmarried ^[b]cares for the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord.

³³ But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife.

^38 (A)So then he who gives ^[a]her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.