A Word to the Unmarried

I say to the unmarried[a] and to widows:(A) It is good for them if they remain as I am. But if they do not have self-control,(B) they should marry, since it is better to marry(C) than to burn with desire.

About Married People

10 To the married I give this command(D)—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to leave[b] her husband.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:8 Or widowers
  2. 7:10 Or separate from, or divorce

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