Verses 7 to 9

⁷  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.