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I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain as I am. But if they do not have self-control, they should marry, because it is better to marry than to burn with desire.

10 Next I command the married (it is the Lord’s command not mine): A wife is not to leave her husband

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Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(A) 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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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers