8. Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: it is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.
9. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10. To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): a wife must not separate from her husband.
11. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.