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.