1 Corinthians 7:8

Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

Majority Standard Bible

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 wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that.

9But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1Now for the matters about which you wrote me: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

1 Corinthians 7:26Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:34And there is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried woman is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she will 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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