But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is (A)good for them if they remain (B)even as I. But if they do not have self-control, (C)let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(A) But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(B) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers