1 Corinthians 7:8-9

Principles for Marriage

⁸ To the unmarried and the widows I say that _c it is good for them to remain single _d as I am. ⁹ But if they cannot exercise self-control, _e they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 7:1
   Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.
   1 Corinthians 7:26
   I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 7:7
   I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Timothy 5:14
   So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.