1 Corinthians 7:7-9

Young's Literal Translation

⁷ for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

⁸ And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];

⁹ and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;