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1 Corinthians 7:8

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

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1 Corinthians 7:8 in other translations

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

1 Corinthians 7:8 · World English Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 in context

  1. 6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
  2. 7Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.
  3. 8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
  4. 9But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
  5. 10But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband