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But, I wish kol Bnei Adam even to be as I am; however, [this is impossible since] each has his own matanah (gift) from Hashem: one this; and another that.

But, I say to the bochrim and the almanot (widows), it is beneficial for them if they remain as I am;

But if they do not have shlitah atzmi, let them marry. For better it is to marry than with Eish to be set ablaze.

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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