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1 Corinthians 7:8

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But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

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1 Corinthians 7:8 in other translations

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

1 Corinthians 7:8 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 7:8 in context

  1. 6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
  2. 7Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
  3. 8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
  4. 9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.
  5. 10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband