You Have the Gift of Singleness

If you're single, and god will empower you to do it well. And if you're married, you have the gift of marriage. Paul was writing this in a particular era of persecution against christians. They were being torn apart and sold into slavery. It's good for a person to remain as he or she is at his present distress,. So he goes on to say: If you're single people everywhere, don't ever seek to be married. But that's not what paul is saying; we need to get out there and live our lives.