7 I would like everyone to be like me. However, each person has a special gift from God, and these gifts vary from person to person.
8 I say to those who are not married, especially to widows: It is good for you to stay single like me.
9 However, if you cannot control your desires, you should get married. It is better for you to marry than to burn ⌊with sexual desire⌋.
10 I pass this command along (not really I, but the Lord): A wife shouldn’t leave her husband.
11 If she does, she should stay single or make up with her husband. Likewise, a husband should not divorce his wife.
12 I (not the Lord) say to the rest of you: If any Christian man is married to a woman who is an unbeliever, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her.
13 If any Christian woman is married to a man who is an unbeliever, and he is willing to live with her, she should not divorce her husband.