1Cor 7:1, 8, 26, 32-34, 37 | ESV | STEP | Now concerning the matters about which you wrote : It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman .

1 Corinthians 7:1

Principles for Marriage

1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: ^a“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

1 Corinthians 7:8

8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that ^bit is good for them to remain single ^cas, I am.

1 Corinthians 7:26

26 I think that in view of the present ^{▼▼Or impending} distress ^eit is good for a person to remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:32-34

32 I want you to be ^ffree from anxieties. ^gThe unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. 33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:37

37 But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.