<p>7:34 <em>And is divided- </em>As noted on :33, such division is not inevitable for the married believer, and I gave reasons to think that Paul is lamenting the situation in Corinth rather than making global statements about how all married believers are in their hearts.</p><p><em>Also the woman that is unmarried or betrothed is anxious about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit- </em>The Greek translated &quot;betrothed&quot; is the word for &quot;virgin&quot; used earlier. Paul is saying that this is how a &quot;virgin&quot; should be if indeed she had undertaken not to marry; but instead, the &quot;virgins&quot; at Corinth as in Ephesus (see notes on 1 Tim. 3) had indeed promised to remain single, as did the cultic virgins of the shrines, but they were being used as church prostitutes. Genuine devotion to the Lord required a holiness of body and spirit which a prostitute could not have. It was in this very context of church prostitution that Paul had appealed for a glorifying of God in body and spirit, seeing they were the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:20). This is a strong connection, and it confirms us in understanding the unmarried and &quot;virgin&quot; as technical terms referring to those functioning as church prostitutes.</p><p>He encourages these particular unmarried women to stay single so that they can devote themselves to spiritual matters. In the surrounding Jewish culture, the unmarried woman was seen as a reproach. In the local Greco-Roman culture, the unmarried woman would have been perceived as an immoral woman, or one morally disgraced. Regardless of the surrounding perceptions, Paul spoke forth the Spirit&rsquo;s guidance.</p><p><em>But she that is married is anxious about the things of the world, how she may please her husband- </em>Again, this is far from a global description of every married woman. It is rather a description of how things were in Corinth. See on 'pleasing' on :33.</p>