1 Corinthians 7:8
Now to the unmarried and widows I say, it is good for them to continue so, as I do.
1770 John Worsley NT
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
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1Now as to the things concerning which ye wrote to me: it were good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:26I think then, that it is---better on account of the present distress,---that it is better, I say,
1 Corinthians 7:34There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin: she, that is unmarried, careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she, that is married, is in care about the things of the world, and 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 →