1 Corinthians 7:8
And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
Young's Literal Translation
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
9and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good [it is] for a man not to touch a woman,
1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus: —
1 Corinthians 7:34The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the 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 →