1 Corinthians 7:8
“I say therefore to the vnmaried and widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I.”
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1 Corinthians 7:8 Context
6But I speake this by permission, and not of commandement. 7For I would that all men were euen as I my selfe: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, and another after that. 8I say therefore to the vnmaried and widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I. 9But if they cannot conteine, let them marry: for it is better to marrie then to burne. 10And vnto the married, I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 7:8
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
- King James Version
But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.
- Basic English Bible
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.
- Darby Bible
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain even as I.
- Webster's Bible
But I tell the unmarried, and women who are widows, that it is well for them to remain as I am.
- Weymouth Bible
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
- World English Bible
But Y seie to hem, that ben not weddid, and to widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as Y.
- Wycliffe Bible
And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:8
7:8 It is good for them if they remain even as I - That St. Paul was then single is certain and from #Acts 7:58|, compared with the following parts of the history, it seems probable that he always was so. It does not appear that this declaration, any more than #1Co 7:1|, hath any reference at all to a state of persecution.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:8
1Co 7:8 To the unmarried and widows, etc. If they have his self-control, it is well for them to remain unmarried, even as he. Not that the unmarried state is better, but on account of "the present distress" (1Co 7:26), the critical times. There are times when it is best to remain unmarried; for instance, in a time of war and invasion. The ground of his advice is not moral, but prudential.