1 Corinthians 7:8
I saye vnto the vnmaried men and widdowes: it is good for them yf they abyde even as I do.
Tyndale 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
9But and yf they cannot abstayne let them mary. For it is better to mary then to burne.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1As concerninge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me: it is good for a man not to touche a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose that it is good for the present necessite. For it is good for a man so to be.
1 Corinthians 7:34There is difference bitwene a virgin and a wyfe. The single woman careth for the thinges of the lorde that she maye be pure both in body and also in sprete But she that is maryed careth for the thinges of the worlde how she maye 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 →