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) 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.(D) And a husband must not divorce his wife.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers

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