1 Corinthians 7:6-11
New International Version
6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.(A) 7 I wish that all of you were as I am.(B) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(C)
8 Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(D) 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(E) 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.(F) 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.(G) And a husband must not divorce his wife.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
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