1 Corinthians 7:8

King James 2000

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

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Now concerning the things of which you wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

But I would have you without concern. He that is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man has his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

Have we not the right to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?