“For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.”

1 Corinthians 7:7 (KJV) |

1 Corinthians 7:7

From 1 Corinthians 7, in the Book of 1 Corinthians (New Testament).

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5

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

6

But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

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For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

8

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

9

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

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