⁷ 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)

⁸ Now to the unmarried^[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.^{(C) 9} But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,^(D) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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.