1 Corinthians 7:8

My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be good for them to remain as I am myself.

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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

7I should wish everyone to be just what I am myself. But everyone has his own gift from God – one in one way, and one in another.

9But, if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man to remain single.

1 Corinthians 7:26I think, then, that, in view of the time of suffering that has now come upon us, what I have already said is best – that a man should remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:34and so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master’s cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring 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 →

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