1 Corinthians 7:32

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But I would have you without concern. He that is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

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Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215

"Quid vero? annon licet etiam eis, qui secundum Deum placent uxori, Deo gratias agere? Annon permittitur etiam el, qui uxorem duxit, una cam conjugio etiam esse sollicitum de iis quae sunt Domini? Sed quemadmodum "quae non nupsit, sollicita est de iis, quae sunt Domini, ut sit sancta corpore et spiritu: "

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Cyprian of Carthage

AD 258

Thus also, both the woman and the unmarried virgin thinketh of those things which are the Lord's, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit; but she that hath married thinks of those things which are of this world, in what way she may please her husband."

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Methodius of Olympus

AD 311

"And again, going on and challenging them to the same things, he confirmed his statement, powerfully supporting the state of virginity, and adding expressly the following words to those which he had spoken before, he exclaimed,

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Oecumenius

AD 990

To be concerned about the things of the Lord is not anxiety but salvation. Paul has just told them that he wants them to be free of anxiety. .

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Severian of Gabala

AD 425

Here Paul explains why virginity is preferable to marriage. It has nothing to do with the rightness or wrongness of sex. Rather it is a question of anxieties which prevent the mind from concentrating on the worship of God. .

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Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220

If we look deeply into his meanings, and interpret them, second marriage will have to be termed no other than a species of fornication. For, since he says that married persons make this their solicitude, "how to please one another". He renders reasons, likewise, for so advising: that the unmarried think about God, but the married about how, in (their) marriage, each may please his (partner).

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