And concerning those things that you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to approach a woman.

But because of whoredom, let a man hold his wife, and let a woman hold her husband.

Let the man pay to his wife the love that is due; so also she the woman to her husband.

The woman is not authorized over her body, but her husband; so also the man is not authorized over his body, but his wife.

Do not therefore deprive one another, except when you both consent for a time that you may devote yourselves to fasting and prayer; and return again to the same matter, so that Satana may not tempt you because of the desire of your body.

But this I say as to the weak, not from a commandment.

For I desire that all people would be like me in purity. But each person is given a gift from Elohim; there is one like this, and there is one like that.

And I say to those who have no wives, and to widows, that it is advantageous for them if they remain as I am.

But if they cannot endure it, let them marry: for it is more profitable to take a wife than to burn with desire.

And to those who have wives I command—not I, but my Master—that a wife not separate from her husband.

And if she separates, let her remain without a husband, or be reconciled to her husband; and let a man not put away his wife.

And to the rest I say—I, not my Master—that if there is a brother who has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, and he is willing to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.

For the man who does not believe is sanctified by the believing wife, and the wife who does not believe is sanctified by the believing man; and if not, their children are unclean; but now they are clean.

But if the one who does not believe separates, let him separate. A brother or a sister is not enslaved in these things. Elohim has called us to peace.

For what do you know, wife, whether you will give life to your husband? Or you, man, do you know whether you will give life to your wife?

But each one as Master YHWH has distributed to him, and each one as Elohim has called him, so let him walk. And so I also command to all the churches.

If a man was called while circumcised, let him not turn back to uncircumcision. And if he was called in uncircumcision, let him not be circumcised.

For circumcision is nothing, and neither is uncircumcision, but the keeping of the commandments of Elohim.

Let every person remain in the calling in which he was called.

If you were called as a servant, let it not trouble you. But even if you are able to be made free, choose for yourself to serve.

For he who was called as a servant in our Master is a freedman of Elohim. In the same way, he who was called as a free man is a servant of the Mashiyach.

You were bought with a price; do not become servants of men.

Let every one, my brothers, remain with Elohim in whatever state he was called.

And concerning virginity, I have no commandment from Elohim; but I give counsel as a man who has obtained mercy from Elohim to be a believer.

And I think this is good because of the necessity of the time, that it is advantageous for a person to remain as he is.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a release. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

And if you take a wife, you do not sin. And if a virgin is given to a husband, she does not sin. But those who are such will have trouble in the body; but I spare you.

And this I say, my brothers, that the time from now on is shortened, so that those who have wives should be as if they had none;

and those who weep, as if they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as if they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as if they did not possess;

and those who make use of this world, not beyond the just use: for the fashion of this world is passing away.

Because of this I want you to be without care. For he who has no wife thinks on the things of his master, how he may please his master.

And he who has a wife is anxious about the world, how he may please his wife.

But there is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. She who has not been to a man thinks on her master, that she may be holy in her body and in her spirit. And she who has a husband thinks of the world, how she may please her husband.

But this I say for your own help. I am not casting a snare on you, but that you may be constant toward your master in a beautiful fashion, while you are not thinking on the world.

But if anyone thinks he is put to shame regarding his virgin daughter because her time has passed and he has not given her to a husband, and it is fitting that he give her, let him do as he wills; he does not sin; let her marry.

But he who has truly decided in his mind, and nothing compels him, and he has authority over his will, and has so judged in his heart to keep his virgin daughter, does well.

So then he who gives his virgin daughter does well, and he who does not give his virgin daughter does even better.

A wife, as long as her husband lives, is bound by the law; but if her husband falls asleep in death, she is free to be to whom she wills, yet only in our Master.

But she is happier if she remains so, according to my own mind; and I think that I also have the Ruach of Elohim in me.