1 Corinthians 7:8

And I say to them who have no wives, and to widows, that it is advantageous to them to remain as I am.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 would that all men might be like me in purity. But every man is endowed with his gift of God; one thus, and another so.

9But if they cannot endure it, let them marry: for it is more profitable to take a wife, than to burn with concupiscence.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me, it is praiseworthy for a man not to approach a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:26And I think this is suitable, on account of the necessity of the times; it is advantageous for a man to remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:34There is a difference also between a wife and a maiden. She who is without a husband, thinketh of things pertaining to her Lord, that she may be holy in her body and in her spirit. But she who hath a husband, thinketh of things pertaining to the world, 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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