5 You shouldn't stop giving yourselves to each other except when you both agree to do so. And that should be only to give yourselves time to pray for a while. Then you should come together again. In that way, Satan will not tempt you when you can't control yourselves.
6 I say those things to you as my advice, not as a command.
7 I wish all of you were like me. But you each have your own gift from God. One has this gift. Another has that.
8 I speak to those who are not married. I also speak to widows. It is good for you to stay single like me.
9 But if you can't control yourselves, you should get married. It is better to get married than to burn with sexual longing.
10 I give a command to those who are married. It is a direct command from the Lord, not from me. A wife must not leave her husband.
11 But if she does, she must not get married again. Or she can go back to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.