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

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.