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.