⁹ But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,^(A) 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.^{(B) 11} But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.^(C) And a husband must not divorce his wife.