1 Corinthians 7:8
Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 abstaine, let them marrie: for it is better to marrie then to burne.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.
1 Corinthians 7:34There is difference also betweene a virgine and a wife: the vnmaried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirite: but shee that is maried, careth for the things of the worlde, howe shee 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 →