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But if they do not have [sufficient] self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

10 But to the [a]married [believers] I give instructions—not I, but the Lord—that the wife is not to separate from her husband, 11 (but even if she does leave him, let her remain single or else be [b]reconciled to her husband) and that the husband should not leave his wife.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:10 Couples who are both believers.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:11 In reference to married Christians, Paul teaches that reconciliation is always preferable to separation or divorce and should be actively sought.

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