1 Corinthians 7:8

Moreover, I-am-saying to{the[plural] without-marriages} and to{the widows}, good to{same} if-supposing they-may-stay as also-I.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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-am-will-ing all men to-be-being as also myself; contrariwise, each is-having own grace/favor-effect out of{God}, on-one-hand who the-same-ly, on-the-other-hand who the-same-ly.

9Moreover, if they-are_not_mastering/controlling-selves: marry, for it-is-being more-mastering/controlling[adjective] to-marry than to-be-being-inflamed.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1Moreover, about of{which[plural]} you-write to{me}, good to{[a] man} of{[a] woman} not to-be-being-taken-hold.

1 Corinthians 7:26So, I-am-deciding the-same good to-be-originating-under/undertaking through the having-stood-in/instituted compulsion, that good to{[a] man} the to-be-being the-same-ly.

1 Corinthians 7:34and has-been-divided, and the woman and the virgin, the without-marriage, is-worrying [regarding] the[plural] of{the Lord}, in-which-place she-may-be-being holy and/also to{body} and to{spirit}; moreover, the marry[ing] is-worrying [regarding] the[plural] of{the world}, how[?] she-will-please to{the man}.

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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