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Puzzled about Whether or Not to Get Married?

1 Corinthians 7:7-9

December 3, 2023 • Brian Jones • 1 Corinthians 7:7–9

1 Corinthians 7:7-9


7 I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.


8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.


9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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