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This I say for your own profit; not that I may throw a snare on you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
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But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn`t sin. Let them marry.
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But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, will do well.
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So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn`t give her in marriage will do better.