14. Your husband or wife who isn't a follower is made holy by having you as a partner. This also makes your children holy and keeps them from being unclean in God's sight.
15. If your husband or wife isn't a follower of the Lord and decides to divorce you, then you should agree to it. You are no longer bound to that person. After all, God chose you and wants you to live at peace.
16. And besides, how do you know if you will be able to save your husband or wife who isn't a follower?
17. In every church I tell the people to stay as they were when the Lord Jesus chose them and God called them to be his own. Now I say the same thing to you.
18. If you are already circumcised, don't try to change it. If you are not circumcised, don't get circumcised.
19. Being circumcised or uncircumcised isn't really what matters. The important thing is to obey God's commands.
20. So don't try to change what you were when God chose you.
21. Are you a slave? Don't let that bother you. But if you can win your freedom, you should.
22. When the Lord chooses slaves, they become his free people. And when he chooses free people, they become slaves of Christ.
23. God paid a great price for you. So don't become slaves of anyone else.
24. Stay what you were when God chose you.
25. I don't know of anything that the Lord said about people who have never been married. But I will tell you what I think. And you can trust me, because the Lord has treated me with kindness.
26. We are now going through hard times, and I think it is best for you to stay as you are.