1 Corinthians 7:8
But I speak to the unmarried and the widows, that it is good for them that they may remain even as I:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 do not contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1But concerning those things about which you wrote to me: That it is good for a man not to receive a wife:
1 Corinthians 7:26But I consider this to be good on account of the present distress, that it is good for a man so to be.
1 Corinthians 7:34A wife and a virgin truly also differ: the unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but she having married cares for the things of the world, that 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 →