1 Corinthians 7:8
But I say to those who have no wives, and to the widows, that it is expedient for them to remain as I do.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1BUT concerning those (questions) of which you wrote to me, It is well for a man unto a woman not to come nigh;
1 Corinthians 7:26And I consider that this is good, on account of the necessity of the time, that it is expedient for a man so to be.
1 Corinthians 7:34But there is a distinction between the wife and the virgin. She who hath no man is thoughtful of the things of her Lord, that she may be holy in her body and in her spirit; and she who hath a husband is thoughtful of the world, that so 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 →