1 Corinthians 7:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ I say to the unmarried  and to widows:  It is good for them if they remain as I am.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But to the unmarried people and to the widows, I declare that it is well (good, advantageous, expedient, and wholesome) for them to remain [single] even as I do.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

Common English Bible

⁸ I’m telling those who are single and widows that it’s good for them to stay single like me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.

1 Corinthians 7:8 Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now in response to the matters you wrote  about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’

1 Corinthians 7:32

I want you to be without concerns. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord #– #how he may please  the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:7

I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift  from God, one person has this gift, another has that.

1 Corinthians 9:5

Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife  like the other apostles,  the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?