8. And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am,
9. but if they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.
10. And to the married I command, not I, but the Master: A wife should not separate from a husband.
11. But if she is indeed separated, let her remain unmarried or be restored to favour with her husband, and let a husband not send away a wife.
12. And to the rest I say, not the Master: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she thinks well to live with him, let him not send her away.
13. And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he thinks well to live with her, let her not send him away.
14. For the unbelieving husband has been set-apart in the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been set-apart in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are set-apart.
15. And, if the unbelieving one separates, let him separate himself. A brother or a sister has not been enslaved in such matters. But Elohim has called us to peace.
16. For how do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you shall save your wife?
17. Only, as Elohim has distributed to each one, as the Master has called each one, so let him walk. And so I order in all the assemblies.
18. Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
19. The circumcision is naught, and the uncircumcision is naught, but the guarding of the commands of Elohim does matter!
20. Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.
21. Were you called while a slave? It matters not to you, but if you are able to become free too, rather use it.