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Therefore I say to the unmarried, and to the widows, it is good for them if they remain just as I.

But if they cannot abstain, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn.

10 And to the married, I command: (not I, but the Lord) Let not the wife leave her husband.

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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.

10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers