But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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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 7:8-12.