The 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B: 2nd Reading

1 Corinthians 7:32-35

Brothers and sisters:
   I should like you to be free of anxieties.
An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord,
   how he may please the Lord.
But a married man is anxious about the things of the world,
   how he may please his wife, and he is divided.
An unmarried woman or a virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord,
   so that she may be holy in both body and spirit.
A married woman, on the other hand,
   is anxious about the things of the world,
   how she may please her husband.
I am telling you this for your own benefit,
   not to impose a restraint upon you,
   but for the sake of propriety
   and adherence to the Lord without distraction.