1 Corinthians 7:8

But I tell the unmarried, and women who are widows, that it is well for them to remain as I am.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

7Yet I would that everybody lived as I do; but each of us has his own special gift from God--one in one direction and one in another.

9If, however, they cannot maintain self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage.

1 Corinthians 7:26I think then that, taking into consideration the distress which is now upon us, it is well for a man to remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:34There is a difference too between a married and an unmarried woman. She who is unmarried concerns herself with the Lord's business--that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman concerns herself with the business of the world--how she shall 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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