But if they cannot have self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
If they do not contain. This is spoken of such as are free; and not of such as by vow have given their first faith to God; to whom, if they will use proper means to obtain it, God will never refuse the gift of continency. Some translators have corrupted this text, by rendering it, if they cannot contain. (Challoner)
