But if they do not practice self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burning in the fire of passion.

But if she does leave him, she must remain single, or better, be reconciled to her husband. I instruct the husband too not to divorce his wife.

And so the man who gives his daughter in marriage does what is right, and yet the man who does not do so does even better.

Food will never bring us near to God. We are no worse if we do not eat it; we are no better if we do.

But as I am giving you these instructions I cannot approve of your meetings, because they do not turn out for the better but for the worse.

But you must earnestly continue to cultivate your higher spiritual gifts. And yet I will show you a way that is better by far: