1 Corinthians 7:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: 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

And concerning the matters you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:32

And I wish you to be without concern. He who is unmarried is concerned about the matters of the Master – how to please the Master.

1 Corinthians 7:7

For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from Elohim, one in this way and another in that.

1 Corinthians 9:5

Do we not have a right to take along a sister – a wife – as do also the other emissaries, and the brothers of the Master, and Kĕ