¹¹ But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

¹⁷ Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

¹¹ He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

² But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

⁷ Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

⁹ But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.

³⁵ This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.