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.
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Interpretation
The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, in that juncture of time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, and the comforts of that state, are settled by Divine wisdom.
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This thought runs through 1 Corinthians 7:5-7.