1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.

Darby Translation

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

7Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.

9But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman;

1 Corinthians 7:26I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:34There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall 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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