MLV(i)
5 Do not deprive one another, except from agreement for some time, in order that you may occupy yourselves to fasting and to prayer, and you may come to the same again, in order that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your shortage of self-control.
6 But I am saying this according to concession, not according to commandment.
7 For I wish that all men were even as I myself am. But each one has his own gift from God, indeed the one is so and the one is thus.
8 But I am saying to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. 9 But if they do not exercise self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to be on fire.
8 But I am saying to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. 9 But if they do not exercise self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to be on fire.