Ambrosiaster : Looking after a wife and family is a worldly thing. Sometimes, just to keep them happy, it even leads to doing things which ought to be punished. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES Basil of Caesarea : Paul allows marriage and considers it worthy of blessing, but he contrasts it with his own preoccupation with the concerns of God and hints that the two things are incompatible. — THE LONG RULES 5