¹Now, concerning the things that you wrote about: It’s good for men not to get married. ²But in order to avoid sexual sins, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

³Husbands and wives should satisfy each other’s ⸤sexual⸥ needs. ⁴A wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but his wife does.

⁵Don’t withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so for a set time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should get back together so that Satan doesn’t use your lack of self-control to tempt you. ⁶What I have just said is not meant as a command but as a suggestion. ⁷I would like everyone to be like me. However, each person has a special gift from God, and these gifts vary from person to person.

⁸I say to those who are not married, especially to widows: It is good for you to stay single like me. ⁹However, if you cannot control your desires, you should get married. It is better for you to marry than to burn ⸤with sexual desire⸥.

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