Apostol § 138

Brethren, let every man abide with God in that calling in which he was called… Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made faithful. I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress; that it is good for a man to remain as he is: Are you bound unto a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife. But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you. But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none, and they that weep, as though they did not weep, and they that rejoice as though they did not rejoice, and they that buy as though they did not possess, and they that use this world as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passes away. But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord—how he may please the Lord. But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife. 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 that is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband… And this I say for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction…