If you want a wife, go get her
Marriage is for man, not man for marriage. To the men listening, if you want a wife, Go and get her! Marriage is no doubt beneficial by some measures and less so by others. Some couples will use it to strengthen community and family ties - I’m lucky to know a lot of that variety through St Paul dating - while others will withdraw into themselves. Yes, a wife can cover her husband’s faults and help him be the man God created him to be. And, the husband can protect his wife and give her room to grow into the woman God created her to be.