and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each -- so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,