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1 Corinthians 7:9

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

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  1. 1 Corinthians 7:7

    For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

  2. 1 Corinthians 7:8

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

  3. 1 Corinthians 7:10

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

  4. 1 Corinthians 7:11

    But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

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