1 Corinthians 7:8-10

Amplified Bible

⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, [that as a practical matter] it is good if they remain [single and entirely devoted to the Lord] ^[a]as I am. ⁹ But if they do not have [sufficient] self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

¹⁰ But to the ^[b]married [believers] I give instructions—not I, but the Lord—that the wife is not to separate from her husband,