However, if they cannot control themselves, they should get married, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

So then the man who marries the virgin acts appropriately, but the man who refrains from marriage does even better.

However, food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat food that has been offered to an idol, and no better off if we do.

For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you, who know better, eating in an idol's temple, he will be encouraged to eat what has been offered to idols, won't he?

Now I am not praising you in giving you the following instructions. When you gather, it is not for the better but for the worse.

Keep on desiring the better gifts. And now I will show you the best way of all.