1 Corinthians 7:8
But I say, to the unmarried, and to the widows, good, were it for them, that they should abide, even as I;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 self-control, let them marry, for, better, is it, to marry than to burn.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1Now, concerning the things whereof ye wrote, it were, good, for a man, not to touch, a woman;
1 Corinthians 7:26I consider this, then, to be, good, in the circumstances, by reason of the existing distress,—that it is, good for a man, so, to be:
1 Corinthians 7:34And he is divided; and, the unmarried woman, or the virgin, is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy [both] in her body and in her spirit; but, she that hath married, is anxious 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 →