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1 Corinthians 7:9

First Nations Version

But if any of you lack self-control, you should get married, for that is better than letting your desires burn like a wildfire.

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That is why I want the younger widows to get married, have children, and take good care of their own families. Then the enemy will have nothing to say against them.


But because of the strong temptation to misuse these desires, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.


Do not include the younger widows for this kind of care. For when their natural human desires draw them away from their devotion to the Chosen One, they will want to get married.


But if you do marry, you have not done wrong. If a young maiden marries, she has done nothing wrong. But those who marry will find it hard to face troubled times in this world, and I want to keep you from those things.


A wife is bound by the law of marriage to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is then free to marry whomever she desires, but only to one who belongs to our Honored Chief.


Now in the case of a man who has been promised in marriage to a young maiden, and his desire for her is becoming strong: if he wants to marry her and is no longer able to wait, and she is of age, then it is not wrong for them to marry.


Since these things cannot be denied, you should lower your voices and do nothing without thinking clearly first.


He wants each of you to control your own body in a sacred manner with honor and respect,





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