1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

7Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.

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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 think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:34There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—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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