1 Corinthians 7:8 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁸ Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them if they remain even 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 concerning the matters about which you wrote to me: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”

1 Corinthians 7:32

But I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he will please the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:7

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

1 Corinthians 9:5

Do we not have a right to take along a wife who is a sister in Christ, as do the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?