1 Corinthians 7:8

Therefore I say to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them to remain single, as I am.

Revised King James 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

7For I wish that all men were as I am. But every man has his proper gift from God, one of this type, and another of that.

9But if they cannot contain themselves, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:26I think then, in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:34And his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she who is married cares for the things of 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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