Now in response to the matters you wrote about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Now in response to the matters you wrote about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’
I want you to be without concerns. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord #– #how he may please the Lord.
I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one person has this gift, another has that.
Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?