32 Indeed, I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may gain the Lord’s approval.

38 So also, whoever marries does well, but whoever does not marry will do better.+

5 We have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife,+ as the rest of the apostles and the Lord’s brothers+ and Ceʹphas,+ do we not?