A los solteros y a las viudas les digo que sería mejor que se quedaran como yo. Pero si no pueden dominarse, que se casen, porque es preferible casarse que quemarse de pasión.

10 A los casados doy la siguiente orden (no yo, sino el Señor): que la mujer no se separe de su esposo.

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Casos especiales

A los solteros y a las viudas les digo que es preferible quedarse sin casar, como yo. Pero si no pueden controlar su naturaleza, que se casen, pues más vale casarse que consumirse de pasión.

10 Pero a los que ya están casados, les doy este mandato, que no es mío, sino del Señor: que la esposa no se separe de su esposo.

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To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am. But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.[a]

10 To the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord[b]—a wife should not divorce a husband

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:9 tn Grk “than to burn,” a figure of speech referring to unfulfilled sexual passion.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:10 sn Not I, but the Lord. Here and in v. 12 Paul distinguishes between his own apostolic instruction and Jesus’ teaching during his earthly ministry. In vv. 10-11, Paul reports the Lord’s own teaching about divorce (cf. Mark 10:5-12).

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

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

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