For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I.

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I wish everyone were as I am, but each has his own gift from God. One has one gift. Another has another gift.

This is what I say to those who are not married and to women whose husbands have died. It is good if you do not get married. I am not married.

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