1 Corinthians 7:8

But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.

Montgomery 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

7I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.

9If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,

1 Corinthians 7:26I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:34Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord’s business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how 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 →

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