1 Corinthians 7:8

The Passion Translation

So let me say to the unmarried and those who have lost their spouses, it is fine for you to remain single as I am.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now for my response concerning the issues you’ve asked me to address. You wrote saying, “It is proper for a man to live in celibacy.”

1 Corinthians 7:32

Because of this, we need to live as free from anxiety as possible. For a single man is focused on the things of the Lord and how he may please him.

1 Corinthians 7:7

I would wish that all of you could live unmarried, just as I do. Yet I understand that we are all decidedly different, with each having a special grace for one thing or another.

1 Corinthians 9:5

Don’t we have the right to travel accompanied by our believing wives and be supported as a couple, as do the other apostles, such as Peter the Rock and the Lord’s brothers?