8 I say to the unmarried  * and to widows:  * It is good for them if they remain as I am. 9 But if they do not have self-control,  * they should marry, since it is better to marry  * than to burn with desire.

10 To the married I give this command  *  — not I, but the Lord — a wife is not to leave  * her husband. 11 But if she does leave, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband — and a husband is not to divorce his wife.  *