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For I would that all men were as I myself am. But every one has his own gift from God – one of this kind, another of that. I say to the unmarried men and widows that it is good for them if they remain just as I do. But if they cannot abstain, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn.

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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