Now \{I will discuss\} the things you wrote to me about. It is good for a man not to marry.
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Easy To Read Version Now for the people who are not married and for the widows {\cf2\super [41]} I say this: It is good for them to stay single like me. 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 \{I will discuss\} the things you wrote to me about. It is good for a man not to marry.
I want you to be free from worry. A man who is not married is busy with the Lord’s work. He is trying to please the Lord.
I wish all people were like me. But each person has his own gift from God. One person has one gift, another person has another gift.
We have the right to bring a believing wife with us when we travel, don’t we? The other apostles {\cf2\super [53]} and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas all do this.