8 My advice for the unmarried and for widows is that it is acceptable for them to remain single, just as I am. 9 But if you don’t have enough self-control, then go ahead and get married. After all, it is better to marry than to burn with desire.*7.9 with desire: Or "in the flames of hell."

10 *Mt 5.32;19.9;Mk 10.11,12;Lk 16.18.I instruct married couples to stay together, and this is exactly what the Lord himself taught. A wife who leaves her husband 11 should either stay single or go back to her husband. And a husband should not leave his wife.