6. But I speak this by permission, and not by commandment.
7. For I would that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one after this manner and another after that.
8. I say, therefore, to the unmarried men and widowers, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9. But if they do not have the gift of continence, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.
10. And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife separate from her husband;
11. and if she separates, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband, and let not the husband put away his wife.
12. But to the rest I speak, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife that does not believe, and she consents to dwell with him, let him not put her away.