1 Corinthians 7:8
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It would be good for them, if they remain as I myself.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 can not be continent, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:26I think, then, that this is good for the present affliction―that it is good for a man to be as he is.
1 Corinthians 7:34There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and in spirit; but she that is married, is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
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 →