1 Corinthians 7:27 ASV

²⁵  Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.

²⁶  I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, 'namely,' that it is good for a man to be as he is.

²⁷  Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

²⁸  But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

²⁹  But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;