For I [a]would that all men were even as I myself am: but every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

[b]Therefore I say unto the [c]unmarried, and unto the widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I do.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Sixthly, he giveth the selfsame admonition touching the second marriage, to wit, that a single life is to be allowed, but for such as have the gift of continency: otherwise they ought to marry again, that their conscience may be at peace.
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:8 This whole place is flat against them which condemn second marriages.

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