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1 Corinthians 7:8-10
Contemporary English Version
1 Corinthians 7:8-10
Contemporary English Version
8 My advice for the unmarried and for widows is that it is acceptable for them to remain single, just as I am. 9 But if you don't have enough self-control, then go ahead and get married. After all, it is better to marry than to burn with desire.[a]
10 (A) I instruct married couples to stay together, and this is exactly what the Lord himself taught. A wife who leaves her husband
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- 7.9 with desire: Or “in the flames of hell.”
1 Corinthians 7:8-10
New International Version
1 Corinthians 7:8-10
New International Version
8 Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(A) 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(B) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.(C)
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- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
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