1 Corinthians 7:8
I say also to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them to remain as I am;
Noyes 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
9but if they cannot control themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1Now as to the matters about which ye wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;
1 Corinthians 7:26I think, then, that it is well, on account of the impending distress, for a man to remain as he is.
1 Corinthians 7:34There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin; the unmarried woman careth about the things of the Lord, to be holy, both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth about the things of the world, how to 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 →