(A)I wish that all were (B)as I myself am. But (C)each has his own gift from God, (D)one of one kind and one of another.

To the unmarried and the widows I say that (E)it is good for them to remain single, (F)as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, (G)they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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I wish that all of you were as I am.(A) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(B)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers

26 Then Judah identified them and said, (A)“She is more righteous than I, since (B)I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again.

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26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I,(A) since I wouldn’t give her to my son Shelah.(B)” And he did not sleep with her again.

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