1 Corinthians 7:8
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
In Context
9But if they have no self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me. It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose therefore this to be good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to be this way:
1 Corinthians 7:34And the wife and the virgin are differentiated. The unmarried woman is concerned for the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married is concerned for the things of the world, how s
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:2-10
Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except… Read the whole commentary →