7 [a]Yet I wish that all [b]men were even as I myself am. However, each has his own gift from God, one in this way, and another in that.

8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

17 Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this way let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches.