1 Corinthians 7:28 ASV

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;

³⁰  and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not;