1 Corinthians 7:8
I say then to the unmarried and the widows, that it is becoming them if they abide as I am.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 have not the gift of continence, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1NOW with regard to those things concerning which ye have written unto me, it were good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:26I think then that this is becoming, considering our present straits, that it is proper for a man to be thus.
1 Corinthians 7:34A wife and a virgin hath different pursuits: the unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the things of the world, how she shall 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 →