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But to the rest I say, not the Lord, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, let him not leave her.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the husband; else, then, your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

But if the unbelieving one separates, let them be separated; the brother or the sister is not in bondage in such matters; but God has called us in peace.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of God's commands.

Were you called as a slave? It does not matter to you. But if you are able to be free, rather use it .

But about virgins, I have no command of the Lord. But I give judgment, as having received mercy by the Lord to be faithful.

But if you also marry, you do not sin. And if the virgin marries, she does not sin. But such will have trouble in the flesh. But I am sparing you.

But I say this, brothers, that the time has been cut short. For the rest is, that even the ones having wives should be as not having,

But I desire you to be without care. The unmarried one cares for the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord;

but the one marrying cares for the things of the world, how to please the wife.

The wife and the virgin are different. The unmarried one cares for the things of the Lord, that she be holy in both body and spirit. But the married one cares for the things of the world, how to please the husband.

And I say this for your advantage, not that I put a snare before you, but for the fitting thing, and waiting on the Lord without distraction.

But if anyone thinks it behaving indecently toward his virgin (if she is beyond her prime, and so it ought to be), let him do what he desires; he does not sin; let them marry.

But he who stands firm in heart, not having necessity, but has authority as to his own will, and has judged this in his heart, to keep his virginity; he does well.

A wife is bound by law for as long a time as her husband lives; but if her husband sleeps, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

But she is happier if she remains so, according to my judgment. And I think I also have the Spirit of God.

But concerning the sacrifices to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

But if anyone thinks to know anything, he still has known nothing as he ought to know.

But if anyone loves God, he has been known by Him.

but to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we by Him.