1 Corinthians 7:8
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Revised Version 1895
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 continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:26I think therefore that this is good by reason of the present distress, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
1 Corinthians 7:34And there is a difference also between the wife and the virgin. She that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful 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 →