1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.

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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

7For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.

9But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:26Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am.

1 Corinthians 7:34And the unmarried woman and the virgin think about the things that are of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit. But she who is married thinks about the things that are of the world, as to 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 →

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