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1 Corinthians 7:7-9
Good News Translation
1 Corinthians 7:7-9
Good News Translation
7 Actually I would prefer that all of you were as I am; but each one has a special gift from God, one person this gift, another one that gift.
8 Now, to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it would be better for you to continue to live alone as I do. 9 But if you cannot restrain your desires, go ahead and marry—it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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1 Corinthians 7:7-9
New International Version
1 Corinthians 7:7-9
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
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