1 Paul said to the church: You asked me. It is good for a man to stay single. 2 But to help stop wrong, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband. ✅ 3 A husband should be kind and close to his wife. A wife should be kind and close to her husband. ❤️ 4 The wife's body belongs to her husband. The husband's body belongs to his wife. They share. ❤️ 5 Do not say no to each other for long. Only stop for a short time if you both agree to pray. Then be close again, so the devil will not tempt you. ⏳️ 6 Paul said: This is help, not a rule. 7 Paul said: I wish you all were like me and single. But God gives each one a gift. 8 Paul said to single people and widows: It is good to stay single like me. 9 But if they cannot wait, they should marry. It is better to marry than to feel a strong want. ➡️ 10 Paul said: This is a rule from the Lord. A wife should not leave her husband. ✝️ 11 But if she does leave, she should stay single or go back to her husband. A husband should not leave his wife. ↔️➡️♂️ 12 Paul said: This is me, not a rule from the Lord. If a man follows Jesus and his wife does not, but she wants to stay, he should not leave her. ♂️✝️❤️ 13 If a woman follows Jesus and her husband does not, but he wants to stay, she should not leave him. ♀️✝️❤️ 14 God sees the home as clean because one person follows Jesus. The kids are clean to God. ✨ 15 But if the one who does not follow Jesus leaves, let them go. You are not tied. God calls you to peace. ➡️️ 16 Wife, you do not know if you can help your husband follow Jesus. Husband, you do not know if you can help your wife follow Jesus. ❓❤️✝️ 17 Each one should live the life the Lord gave. Paul teaches this in every church. ♀️♂️⛪ 18 If you had a body mark when God called you, stay as you are. If you did not, stay as you are. ➡️ 19 The body mark does not matter. Obey God. That matters. ✋➕❤️ 20 Stay with the life you had when God called you. ️ 21 If you were a worker not free when God called you, do not worry. But if you can be free, take it. ️⛓️➡️ 22 If you were not free, Jesus makes you free inside. If you were free, you serve Jesus. ✝️ 23 Jesus paid a price for you. Do not become a slave to people. ✝️♂️⛓️ 24 Brothers and sisters, stay with God where you are. 25 About people not married yet: Paul has no rule from the Lord. He gives his best help. God helps Paul be wise. ❌➡️️ 26 Times are hard now. So it is good to stay as you are. ⏰⚠️ 27 Are you married? Do not try to leave. Are you not married? Do not try to marry. 28 But if you do marry, you did not do wrong. Yet married life can be hard. Paul wants to help you. ✅ 29 Brothers and sisters, time is short. Do not let marriage stop you from serving Jesus. ⏳⛪✝️ 30 Do not stay stuck in sad or happy or buying stuff. Hold it light. ️ 31 Do not hold tight to this world. This world will pass. ⏳ 32 Paul wants you to have no worry. A single man can focus on the Lord and how to please Him. ❤️ 33 A married man thinks about his home and how to please his wife. 34 A single woman can think about God and being good in body and inside. A married woman thinks about her home and how to please her husband. | 35 Paul says this to help you, not to trap you. He wants you to serve the Lord with all your heart. ✝️ 36 If a man feels he should marry the girl he wants, and they both really want, let them marry. It is not wrong. ❤️✅ 37 But if a man can wait and has control, and he chooses not to marry, that is good too. ⏳ 38 So the one who marries does well. The one who does not marry does even better in these hard times. ➡️⏰✨ 39 A wife stays with her husband while he lives. If he dies, she is free to marry a man who follows the Lord. ⏳️✝️ 40 Paul thinks she may be happier if she stays single. Paul thinks he has God's Holy Spirit to guide him. ️