every possible instance Saint Paul begged Christians restrain contain — Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace Marriage

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In every possible instance Saint Paul begged Christians to restrain themselves to contain their carnal yearnings to live solitary and sexless lives on earth as it is in heaven. "But if they cannot contain " Paul finally conceded then "let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn." Which is perhaps the most begrudging endorsement of matrimony in human history.

Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

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