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36 If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly towards his fiancée,^* if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes; it is no sin. Let them marry. ³⁷But if someone stands firm in his resolve, being under no necessity but having his own desire under control, and has determined in his own mind to keep her as his fiancée,^* he will do well. ³⁸So then, he who marries his fiancée^* does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better.

39 A wife is bound as long as her husband lives. But if the husband dies,^* she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord. ⁴⁰But in my judgement she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.