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But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

I say this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.