Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

因现今的艰难，据我看来，人不如守素安常才好。

因现今的艰难，据我看来，人不如安于现状。

因现今的艰难，据我看来，人不如安于现状。

鉴于目前时势艰难，我认为各人最好是安于现状。

为了目前的困难，我认为人最好能保持现状。

实际上，由于现今的艰难，我认为一个人保持现状是合宜的，这才是好的。

因現今的艱難，據我看來，人不如守素安常才好。

因現今的艱難，據我看來，人不如安於現狀。

因現今的艱難，據我看來，人不如安於現狀。

鑒於目前時勢艱難，我認為各人最好是安於現狀。

為了目前的困難，我認為人最好能保持現狀。

我以為最好是：為了現在艱難的緣故、一個人還是守素安常的好。

實際上，由於現今的艱難，我認為一個人保持現狀是合宜的，這才是好的。

我意因今時之艱、守其素者為善、

我意今時之災、惟守我素為美、

我思因今時之患難、人能守素安常為美、

吾鑒於世難方殷、竊謂能保守獨身、莫善焉。

Times are hard for you right now. So I think it’s good for a man to stay as he is.

I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.

Because of the present crisis, I think it is best to remain as you are.

Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

I think, then, that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress— that it is good for a man to remain as he is:

I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress: It is fine for a man to remain as he is.

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress,[ I say], that[ it is] good for a man so to be.

Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.

Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, that it’s good for a man to remain as he is.

Now for the matters you wrote about:“ It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.

“ You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.”For this is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers:“ They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like dung lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married.But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin— this man also does the right thing.So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.

For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!

How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

Jesus turned and said to them,“ Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.For the time will come when you will say,‘ Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’

But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.