Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Tree of Life Version But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them to 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 concerning the things about which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
But I want you to be free from cares. An unmarried man cares about the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord;
Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this way and another that.
Don’t we have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other emissaries and the Lord’s brothers and Kefa?