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Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind. But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

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I wish that all of you were as I am.(A) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(B)

Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(C) But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(D) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers