1 Corinthians 7:8-10

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁸ But to the unmarried people and to the widows, I declare that it is well (good, advantageous, expedient, and wholesome) for them to remain [single] even as I do.

⁹ But if they have not self-control (restraint of their passions), they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame [with passion and tortured continually with ungratified desire].

¹⁰ But to the married people I give charge—not I but the Lord—that the wife is not to separate from her husband.