007:029 But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none; 007:030 and those who weep, as though they didn't weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn't possess; 007:031 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away. 007:032 But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; 007:033 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife. 007:034 There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world-- how she may please her husband. 007:035 This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction. 007:036 But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let them marry. 007:037 But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well. 007:038 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn't give her in marriage does better. 007:039 A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord. 007:040 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit. 008:001 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 008:002 But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know. 008:003 But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him. 008:004 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one. 008:005 For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;" 008:006 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him. 008:007 However, that knowledge isn't in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience,