1 Corinthians 7:8

Modern King James Version

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

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Now concerning what you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

But I desire you to be without anxiety. The one who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how to please the Lord.

For I would that all men were even as I myself am. But each has his proper gift from God, one according to this manner and another according to that.

Do we not have authority to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord do, and Cephas?