1 Corinthians 7:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Corinthians 7:8 Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:32

But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

1 Corinthians 7:7

Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

1 Corinthians 9:5

Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?